Can Bitcoin Replace Government-Issued Money?
George Selgin, director of the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives at the Cato Institute, debates economist Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking (2018).
public debate hosted by the Soho Forum in New York City on August 12, 2019.
“Bitcoin is poorly suited to the purpose of becoming any nation’s main medium of exchange.”
Featuring George Selgin, director of the Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives at the Cato Institute, and economist Saifedean Ammous, author of The Bitcoin Standard: The Decentralized Alternative to Central Banking (2018).
Soho Forum Director Gene Epstein moderated.
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