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Aug 2020

1h 19m

SLP198 Caitlin Long - What Are Austrian ...

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Caitlin Long of Avanti Financial Group joins me to talk about Bitcoin, banking, rehypothecation and what Austrian Economists are missing. How much additional money is being created in the shadow banking system? What about ‘moneyness’? We also discuss Caitlin’s IMF working paper, and the recent OCC Interpretive Letter 1170.

Caitlin Long links:

Twitter: @CaitlinLong_
Avanti: AvantiBank.com

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