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May 2024
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222. Central Banking Works

Dr. Saifedean Ammous
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Saifedean's talk at the Canadian Bitcoin Conference is an admission that central banking works. Given what we know about the economic calculation from Austrian school economists, central banking is a highly successful business!

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