Currency
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CBDCs: A Weapon for Debanking the Banked
“Even if you think that a CBDC is a good idea, consider that its power may be turned against you when the political pendulum shifts in your direction and your views or activities are suddenly considered taboo or illegal by those in power.” ~ Emile Phaneuf III
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Fed Up with Tightening?
“Provided the recent monthly inflation figures give us an accurate forecast, the real federal funds rate is significantly above the natural rate. This indicates monetary policy is restrictive.” ~ Alexander W. Salter
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DeSantis Takes the Lead on Fed Reforms
“According to DeSantis, political elites want to ‘regulate [bitcoin] out of existence’ because it threatens their plans for social control. He’s right.” ~ Alexander W. Salter
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Imperial Monetary Policy and the Independence Movement
“The road to independence, the Imperial Crisis as some term it, began with resistance to the Stamp Act, which indeed was a type of tax but not, on its face, a particularly onerous one. So the key to understanding the independence movement is to understand why the colonists reacted to the Stamp Act as vigorously…
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Don’t Raise the Target; Change the Framework
“By adopting a nominal spending target, the Fed would embrace a regime that provides clear guidance on the required spending level during times of crisis. This shift would enhance the Fed’s ability to navigate economic downturns effectively.” ~ Nicolás Cachanosky
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Ramaswamy on CBDC
“GOP lawmakers absolutely should head CBDC efforts off at the pass, and the party’s presidential candidates should support that rejection.” ~ Alexander W. Salter
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Money Blindness and Money Clarity
“Macroeconomists and policymakers can speak of anchored expectations all they want, but what ultimately happens is that regular folk find themselves impoverished without really understanding what went wrong or how they could have done things differently.” ~ Joakim Book
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President Biden’s Inflation Malarkey
“Dollar depreciation is why prices are rising. The Fed’s monetary policy, aided and abetted by the President’s and Congress’s massive deficits, are the real cause.” ~ Alexander W. Salter
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Dethroning the Almighty Dollar?
“In a poll taken by the World Gold Council, 24 percent of the central banks surveyed intend to continue to purchase gold, and that in summary, ‘Central banks’ views toward the future role of the dollar were more pessimistic than in previous surveys.’” ~ Peter C. Earle
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What Should The Fed Do When It Hasn’t Done What It Should’ve Done?
“We are likely at the point where the risk of doing too much exceeds the risk of doing too little. It makes sense for the Fed to hold for now, and see how the incoming data looks over the next few months.” ~ William J. Luther
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Are GOP Presidential Contenders Prepared to Take On the Fed?
“There’s no time to lose. Aspiring Republicans must get serious about fixing the Fed.” ~ Alexander W. Salter
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Decentralization and Bitcoin
“Bitcoin itself is a currency that might best be considered existing in a state of anarchy.” ~ Emile Phaneuf
