fiat currency
3 statements across 3 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Nov 2, 2018 by Catherine (Katie) Haun · across every show →
Everything said about fiat currency, oldest first
Nov 2, 2018 negative
Haun: 99.9% of fiat money laundering succeeds despite $20B compliance spend
“In fact, it's working so fine that 99, this is staggering, I didn't even know this until a couple years ago, 99.9% of money laundering crimes with fiat currency succeed despite the twenty billion dollars annually That financial institutions put toward anti-mon…”
Nov 2, 2018
Krugman: Fiat currency value is backstopped by taxes and state force
“What keeps most currencies valuable is the belief that, well, two things. The belief that governments will exercise restraint in issuing currency, ah, and the fact that legally you can pay taxes. So if you like, the thing, whole thing is backstopped by, ah, by…”