George Selgin on Bitcoin and the Future of CBDCs Macro Musings with David Beckworth

George Selgin is the director emeritus of the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives and is a returning guest to Macro Musings. George rejoins David on the podcast to discuss cryptocurrency, stable coins, CBDCs, and a push for a higher inflation target. Specifically, George and David discuss the category of ‘synthetic commodity money’ and how bitcoin is a potential example, the current state of Bitcoin amidst El Salvador’s transition to Bitcoin as its legal tender, the role of fintechs in the potential future of a Fed central bank digital currency, and much more.
 
Transcript for the episode can be found here.
 
George’s Twitter: @GeorgeSelgin
George’s Cato Institute profile: https://www.cato.org/people/george-selgin
 
Related Links:
 
*Synthetic Commodity Money* by George Selgin
https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2000118
 
*The Denationalization of Money* by F.A. Hayek
https://www.amazon.com/Denationalization-Money-Analysis-Concurrent-Currencies/dp/0255360878
 
David’s blog: macromarketmusings.blogspot.com
David’s Twitter: @DavidBeckworth