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Kenneth Rogoff

Dollarization, Rogoff, negative interest rates, war on cash, zero lower bound
Digital Money, Fiat Money, Money & Politics

Anti-Paper Prophet: Comments on The Curse of Cash

Jeffrey Rogers Hummel/August 15, 2017June 19, 2022

Kenneth S. Rogoff stands out as the advocate of restricting hand-to-hand currency who has argued the case most comprehensively and probably the most cautiously. I critically reviewed his recent book, The Curse of Cash, in the May 2017 issue of Econ Journal Watch. Here I summarize highlights…

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Bray Hammond, financial innovation, FinTech, Kenneth Rogoff, private clearinghouses
Banking Regulation, Financial Innovation, Free Banking

The Perils of Financial Over-Regulation

George Selgin/October 25, 2016June 19, 2022

Last Friday, I gave the opening remarks at the International Finance Corporation's annual FinTech CEO Summit — a meeting of many of the top executives involved in developing cutting-edge alternatives to conventional means for raising capital and making payments, among other things. Because the event wasn't recorded,…

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