Money and Central Banks
Money is the most used and least understood thing there is.
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Money and Central Banks
Behind prices, inflation, and rates, institutions decide—the central banks—and their choices touch everyone. This section covers money and inflation, the role of the Fed and the ECB, and monetary history from the gold standard to digital currencies: CBDCs, the digital euro, strategic Bitcoin reserves, and stablecoins. Friedman and monetarism sit alongside the most current debates. I approach it as an active trader since 1994 and an economic historian: what inflation really does to savings, why trust underpins any currency, and what CBDCs would change. The articles shed light on money as an economic and political fact, from the gold coin to the digital wallet.
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