have risen to great prominence. This holds true in particular for monetary policy experts, who are at great pains to advertise a variety of policy measures as while unconventional might suggest something along the lines of “courageous” and “innovative” action. Using the expression “aggressive monetary policy” works in the of policy measures; and that knowledge is clearly needed to resist damaging policies. Perpetual use of confused language may result in social outcomes that few
way to a cyclical upswing in the major western industrialised countries. Monetary policy, however, has kept short-term interest rates at crisis levels. Despite the US can thus be expected to water down the need to bring about product and process innovations, a crucial ingredient for sustained growth. Low borrowing costs prevent slow economic growth, could provoke public pressure on the central banks’ low-rate policies. If central bankers do not see the need, nor have the courage, to pursue a
the digital age, and also with digital disruption : radical changes triggered by innovative technologies and business models. Digitization has proven to be a powerful arise in which protecting the fiat money regime from collapse becomes the supreme policy objective, essentially overriding all other policy issues. Take, for instance, Bank Digital Currency This brings me back to digitization, new markets, and innovation in payment services and money. As I mentioned earlier, the demand for
have risen to great prominence. This holds true in particular for monetary-policy experts, who are at great pains to advertise a variety of policy measures as while unconventional might suggest something along the lines of “courageous” and “innovative“ action. Using the expression “aggressive monetary policy“ works in the of policy measures; and that knowledge is clearly needed to resist damaging policies. Perpetual use of confused language may result in social outcomes that few
central bank money” as soon as possible. Many economists praise the project as an “innovation,” as an important and indispensable step in an increasingly digitized monetary policymakers can implement an uninhibited negative interest rate policy to devalue debt. Customers can no longer get out of the “bank balance sheet”;
unwelcome outside competition from their backs, thereby, however, weakening their innovative strength. But our sympathies have to be first and foremost with the people low levels, and there is no sign of a move away from this kind of monetary policy. Should monetary authorities impose negative interest rates on bank deposits,
marginal productivity of labor in general. Assume a firm makes a productive innovation. To hire new labor, it has to pay higher wages compared to those paid by consumer and investment demand. In fact, under the well-sounding “climate change policy“ label, far-left policies can push economies effectively into central
of sound money rests on two key factors. Firstly, the conduct of monetary policy has been transferred to “politically independent” central banks. Politicians’ the ECB and the Bank of Japan – have been making efforts to end their low rate policies and bring interest rates up to more normal levels. However, will they could also undermine the economic incentive for bringing about product and process innovations, thereby making the overall economy less efficient. Ensuing
not a convincing argument. At the beginning of its life cycle, the demand for an innovation is typically relatively low. This applies to bitcoin as well as to crypto concerning that the concepts of “Great Reset,” “Great Transformation,” and “Green Policy” are all expressions of the idea of interventionism. If the theory of
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