Monthly Archives: June 2017

More on Bitcoin and the conditions for a takeover of fiat money

Something I did not stress about the likelihood of a crypto-currency takeover in my Alphaville post that I should have done, and which cropped up in a Twitter exchange with Joe Weisenthal, relates to the fact that in theory, and … Continue reading

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Alphaville post on implications of a Bitcoin takeover, or of central banks trying to head one off

In keeping with the modern custom of bombarding readers with a product using every conceivable media possible, multiple times, here is a link to my post on this.  

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There is a magic money tree

Well, not really:  that was click-bait.   But bear with me. The unprecedented increase in the size of central bank balance sheets since before the great financial crisis is unlikely to be entirely reversed.  And that means a one-off bit … Continue reading

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