The Future of Money
Session at the 2017 Festival of Economics, Bristol, chaired by Romesh Vaitilingam
- #economicsfest in the green room with @econromesh, @DanielaGabor and @TatianaCutts pic.twitter.com/K7b5Ls8fpo
- Now up: (It's all about) The Future of Money
#economicsfest - We're pleased to be supporting #economicsfest here in Bristol. Standing room only for this evening's session, The Future of Money. pic.twitter.com/puM1r83lli
- @DanielaGabor .@TatianaCutts - Bitcoin relies on outdated views of property markets as inherently neutral #economicsfest
- @DanielaGabor @TatianaCutts .@dgwbirch - nobody would have predicted 500 years ago that within a generation we would end up with a central bank, paper money and a gold standard #economicsfest
- @DanielaGabor @TatianaCutts @dgwbirch .@DanielaGabor - it isn't clear how we would take away banks' ability to create money without preventing them from giving out important loans #economicsfest
- @DanielaGabor @TatianaCutts @dgwbirch .@dgwbirch - technologists shouldn't be in charge of deciding how anonymous money should be, society should decide and technologists build around it #economicsfest
- A momentary heat-up over whether Australians are criminals for using £50 reminds me of my favourite Guardian Comments thread #economicsfest https://twitter.com/Raffers01000110/status/775678102965981184 …
- As #economicsfest looks to the Future of Money, here's Kenneth Rogoff on The Curse of Cash https://youtu.be/tLiAFTcxa98
- Prof Steve Keen at The Future of Money, "I don't want to move to a cashless society whilst economists still don't understand money. At least you can take it out if you think the bank's going to fail." #economicsfest
- What happens to the economy when credit grows and grows? Alan Taylor looks back on several hundred years #economicsfest https://youtu.be/FlQ9hHBfk1Y
- An audience member challenges the idea of community currencies by saying Bristol is not a community, it's a divided society. Another backs him up saying local currencies are a middle class bubble. #economicsfest
- Thanks to @FestivalofIdeas #economicsfest for a great evening on future of #capitalism and @econromesh for skilful moderating
- This Future of Money event at We The Curious is really good. Lively, entertaining panel. Lots of laughs but also serious points.#economicsfest
- "The future won't be like Star Wars where you can use a Galactic Credit anywhere - even London and Middleborough shouldn't be in the same currency area" - @dgwbirch #economicsfest
- Entertaining debate tonight at the Future of Money event #economicsfest talking currencies, cash, criminals and communities
