George Selgin on Bitcoin and the Future of CBDCs

George Selgin on Bitcoin and the Future of CBDCs

George Selgin is the director emeritus of the Cato Institute's Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives and is a returning guest to Macro Musings. George rejoins David on the podcast to discuss cryptocurrency, stable coins, CBDCs, and a push for a higher inflation target. Specifically, George and David discuss the category of 'synthetic commodity money' and how bitcoin is a potential example, the current state of Bitcoin amidst El Salvador's transition to Bitcoin as its legal tender, the role of fintechs in the potential future of a Fed central bank digital currency, and much more.

Transcript for the episode can be found here.

George's Twitter: @GeorgeSelgin

George's Cato Institute profile: https://www.cato.org/people/george-selgin

Related Links:

*Synthetic Commodity Money* by George Selgin

https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2000118

*The Denationalization of Money* by F.A. Hayek

https://www.amazon.com/Denationalization-Money-Analysis-Concurrent-Currencies/dp/0255360878

David's blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com
David's Twitter: @
DavidBeckworth

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