georgephillip
Diamond Member
In this article the author makes the claim today's cryptocurrencies are "high-tech successors to the chaos of 'free banking' in the 19th century..."
The Free Banking Era
"If we want the benefits of digital currency transactions without the risks, one idea discussed at today’s hearing of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy, called by Elizabeth Warren, is to create a Central Bank Digital Currency that would be operated and governed by central banks such as the Fed, and available for use by the general public. See more detail here.
"Privately created and unregulated cryptocurrencies should not be regulated, as some have suggested. They should be banned."
Kuttner on TAP: Time to Ban Private Cryptocurrencies
Obviously the Federal Reserve is a deeply corrupted institution fully controlled by Wall Street, but at least it has the veneer of political oversight.
There Is Not One Elected Official at the Federal Reserve, But It Has Been Unilaterally Rewriting the Rules on Wall Street Since 2007

The Free Banking Era
"If we want the benefits of digital currency transactions without the risks, one idea discussed at today’s hearing of the Senate Banking Subcommittee on Economic Policy, called by Elizabeth Warren, is to create a Central Bank Digital Currency that would be operated and governed by central banks such as the Fed, and available for use by the general public. See more detail here.
"Privately created and unregulated cryptocurrencies should not be regulated, as some have suggested. They should be banned."
Kuttner on TAP: Time to Ban Private Cryptocurrencies
Obviously the Federal Reserve is a deeply corrupted institution fully controlled by Wall Street, but at least it has the veneer of political oversight.
There Is Not One Elected Official at the Federal Reserve, But It Has Been Unilaterally Rewriting the Rules on Wall Street Since 2007