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History shows that various monetary and exchange rate regimes can work well or poorly, depending on the countries’ circumstances and policies. Very similar beginnings but many different outcomes today – that is how one may sum up the history of monetary and exchange rate policy in the postcommunist countries of Central and Eastern Europe. Yet […]

This video is a recording of Nicolás Cachanoskys’s presentation at the XVII Gottfried von Haberler Conference in Vaduz, Liechtenstein, on May 12, 2023. Nicolás Cachanosky is an Associate Professor of Economics and Director of the Center for Free Enterprise at the University of Texas at El Paso. Check the program and other guests’ topics here: […]

The difference between Central Bank Digital Currencies and cryptocurrencies in general and Bitcoin, in particular, is explained by the former’s very name. As opposed to Bitcoin’s intended privacy and decentralization, a CBDC is designed to be subject to Government surveillance and is issued by a central authority. It is, therefore, an anti-Bitcoin.

Professor George Selgin, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, delivered a presentation titled “Forward to the Past? Hayek, Free Banking, and the Cryptocurrency Revolution” at the XVII Gottfried von Haberler Conference.

Peter A. Fischer from NZZ is interviewing Prof. George Selgin, Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute, who delivered a captivating presentation titled “Forward to the Past? Hayek, Free Banking, and the Cryptocurrency Revolution” at the XVII GvHaberler Conference on May 12th, 2023 in Vaduz, Liechtenstein.