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Data is dangerous: Comparing the risks that the United States, Canada and Germany see in data troves
Aaronson, Susan Ariel - 2020
countries in which they live) at risk. …
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Bitcoin and beyond: Cryptocurrencies, blockchains, and global governance
Campbell-Verduyn, Malcolm (contributor) - 2018
exchange, recording, and broadcasting of transactions between individual users operating anywhere in the world with Internet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011902032
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New Economy, Old Central Banks?
Berk, Jan Marc - 2002
Proponents of the so-called New Economy claim that it entails a structural change of the economy. Such a change, in turn, would require the central bank to rethink its monetary policy to the extent that traditional relationships between inf1ation and economic growth are no longer valid. But such...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010325031
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Electronic Purses in Euroland: Why do Penetration and Usage Rates differ?
Van Hove, Leo - 2004
This paper documents the recent performance of European electronic purses. It presents data on 16 such schemes, and compares their penetration and usage rates. These rates are shown to differ substantially. A number of schemes are doing increasingly well and in all probability are here to stay....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011689915
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Counterfeiting and inflation
Monnet, Cyril - 2005
In this paper I show that a lax anti-counterfeiting policy is inconsistent with price stability. I use a deterministic matching model with no commitment and no enforcement. An intrinsically worthless but perfectly durable object called a ‘note’ can be produced by banks at a given cost, but...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011604558
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The future of money: From financial crisis to public resource
Mellor, Mary - 2010
As the recent financial crisis has revealed, the state is central to the stability of the money system, while the … chaotic privately-owned banks reap the benefits without shouldering the risks. This book argues that money is a public … resource that has been hijacked by capitalism. Mary Mellor explores the history of money and modern banking, showing how …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011903333
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Money, credit and banking
Berentsen, Aleksander; Camera, Gabriele; Waller, … - 2005
In monetary models in which agents are subject to trading shocks there is typically an ex-post inefficiency in that some agents are holding idle balances while others are cash constrained. This inefficiency creates a role for financial intermediaries, such as banks, who accept nominal deposits...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010277060
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Triffin reloaded: The matrix of contradictions around global quasi-state money
Schwartz, Herman M. - 2024
money, because Triffin and successors assume a commodity theory of money, a loanable funds model for credit creation, and … - chartalist money, endogenous credit creation, and interlocked global balance sheets - enables us to see four factors behind the …, and the dollar's status as global quasi-state money. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014633245
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Ist Blockchain das Ende der Banken?
Brandl, Barbara - In: KZfSS Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und … 72 (2020) 4, pp. 543-565
Blockchain verspricht, Intermediäre wie Banken überflüssig zu machen und durch dezentrale Peer-to-Peer-Netzwerke zu ersetzen. Dieser Beitrag stellt die Frage nach der Realisierbarkeit dieser Ankündigung sowie danach, welche gesellschaftlichen Implikationen damit verbunden sind. Eine...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014503676
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Money and payments: a modern perspective
Holthausen, Cornelia; Monnet, Cyril - 2003
The role of money in society has been a controversial topic in economic theory over many years. Particular attention … has been devoted to the analysis whether there should be competition in the supply of money, or whether this is best left … today we have competition between issuers of money, namely in the international context, with electronic money, and in large …
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