About this episode

The episode discusses the implications of digital money and the potential impact of Central Bank Digital Currencies on freedom and privacy.

On the Record with Christian Briggs – The central question is not whether money will become more digital. It already has. The real question is whether digital money will preserve the freedom, privacy, and neutrality of cash — or replace it with a permission-based system. Could a CBDC make payments faster and more efficiently? Yes. Could it also allow governments to monitor purchases...

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Host: Christian Briggs

Topics covered

• digital dollar
• CBDC
• money
• freedom
• privacy
• government monitoring

Keywords

• digital dollar
• CBDC
• central bank digital currency
• money
• payments
• freedom
• privacy

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