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Central Bank Accounts are Dangerous and Unnecessary: A critique of two papers (taler.net)
3 points by gnufx on March 10, 2022 | hide | past | favorite | 1 comment


Central bank accounts would clearly be a convenient tool for financial warfare, especially once cash has been digitized. Not just against Russians. Against any kind of opposition, like with the extrajudicial bank account freezes. So clearly this will never happen under a democratic government. After all, do look up, but Americans should not look north. Someone like Trudeau would never abuse this, again.




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