Posts Tagged ‘Pierre Canac’
A European Perspective on the Future of the Euro Area
A few weeks ago I wrote on this same blog that the main economic problem facing Europe was Immigration. However, I do not want to leave the readers with the impression that the current financial crisis is any less important and critical. Thus, I will now focus on that other problem, as if the first…
Read MoreEurope’s Main Economic Problem May Surprise You
On February 9, 2014, just over 50 percent of Swiss citizens voted in favor of a referendum restoring quotas for immigrants coming from other EU countries. Switzerland, a country of eight million, is not an EU member but has negotiated several agreements with the EU guaranteeing the free movement of goods, services, people and capital…
Read MoreBitcoin as Electronic Currency
Exit the dollar, the euro, etc. Not so fast! Non-governmental currencies have existed before; however, an unregulated virtual currency is something new and different. Bitcoin is a cryptocurrency that was created in 2009 by a computer scientist known only under the pseudonym Sutoshi Nakamoto. Bitcoins are not held in bank accounts but in digital wallets…
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