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159 sats \ 5 replies \ @kepford 22 Jul \ on: Has Brazil Invented the Future of Money? - Paul Krugman econ
In this way, "CBDC" is becoming a very useful term for politicians, a lot like "terrorist."
You nailed it. In the US politicians will campaign against CBDCs but support a stable surveillance coins and then make deals with the companies that run them to get any data they want.
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165 sats \ 4 replies \ @siggy47 22 Jul
This. Krugman is right about Trump. Maybe he wouldn't be as irritating if he pretended to be a real economist, rather than a partisan hack making feeble attempts at humor.
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43 sats \ 3 replies \ @kepford 23h
Yeah, Krugman is a clown though this is entirely by choice. I mean calling him a clown is being kind. He's lying scumbag. I can't think of a better description for someone that has a pattern of using his platform(many years at NYT) to lie over and over again.
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38 sats \ 1 reply \ @siggy47 23h
Yes, I think I was in a charitable mood when I replied. Lying scumbag works for me.
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36 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 23h
Ha!
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0 sats \ 0 replies \ @kepford 23h
Tom Woods and Bob Murphy did a podcast on this for years. It wasn't that he was "wrong". It wasn't just that. That I can understand. Its that he would lie. Claim he held positions he didn't. Contradict himself over and over again. Changing your mind is fine. Pretending you never held a different view is not OK.
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