J.D. Alt: Treasury Bonds Are Future Dollars
Clearing up fundamental misconceptions about US Treasury bond issuance.
Read more...Clearing up fundamental misconceptions about US Treasury bond issuance.
Read more...If private cryptocurrencies were to find widespread economic use, either coexisting with or fully displacing fiat money, the result would be increased financial instability, inequality, and social instability.
Read more...The dollar still rules. What could make that change?
Read more...A short history of MMT and and overview of core principles.
Read more...Customers of three major UK banks were stymied by online banking problems Friday, when multiple systems crashed, limiting access to their accounts. Another installment in the ongoing war on cash.
Read more...How Britain’s system of offshore finance and tax havens developed and preserved the UK’s role as the largest player in international finance.
Read more...Another IT outage in the UK serves as pushback to the war on cash, with even the ECB conceding it doesn’t foresee a totally cashless society, leaves those relying on credit cards alone to make payments vulnerable.
Read more...RBI annual report reaffirms demonetization had little impact on ferreting out black money; BJP majority blocks release of scathing parliamentary standing committee on finance report on the policy’s failure.
Read more...Debunking the petrodollar myth.
Read more...An examination of cryptocurrency practicalities.
Read more...The Fed is perfectly content to have cryptocurrencies be the SEC’s problem.
Read more...How proposals to replace LIBOR will strengthen the Fed’s position in global markets.
Read more...Another area where bitcoin hype exceeds reality.
Read more...More consumer pushback in the war on cash: An industry dogged by non-believers who fret about privacy and fraud.
Read more...A skeptical look at the prospects for cryptocurrencies.
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