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link to Can Quantitative Easing Cause Asset Bubbles?

Can Quantitative Easing Cause Asset Bubbles?

Central banks today use a few tools to impact economies and manage cycles. However, these tools are sometimes implicated in negative changes to the economy, such as wealth redistribution, inflation,...

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link to The Business Model of Banks: 12 Ways Banks Make Money

The Business Model of Banks: 12 Ways Banks Make Money

Banks are misunderstood and complex entities. At their core, they are simple financial intermediaries - matching savers with borrowers - but over time they’ve branched out into new business...

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How the US Dollar Changed through 7 Major Events

Currency in the United States went through many forms before the ‘fiat’ dollar we have today. In this post, I’ll cover how 7 major events changed the US dollar and led us to the monetary system...

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link to 3 Roles of Taxes in Modern Monetary Theory

3 Roles of Taxes in Modern Monetary Theory

Modern Monetary Theory is famous for its assertion that money does grow on trees, at least for governments that issue their own currency and debt like the United States. The natural next question...

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link to How to Earn Bitcoin, For Free: Rewards and Cashback

How to Earn Bitcoin, For Free: Rewards and Cashback

With the instability of the current economic climate, many of us are considering how we might be able to make a bit of extra coin. When considering long term investment options, the traditionally...

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link to 6 Reasons Every Country Uses the US Dollar: Dollarization Explained

6 Reasons Every Country Uses the US Dollar: Dollarization Explained

While most countries use their own currency within their borders, the US dollar still plays a huge role in the global markets. In this way, the dollar is important for all countries, and important to...

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An independent researcher interested in how economics, finance, and markets affect normal people. I write about economics and money so that anyone can come to understand how monetary policy affects our daily lives. If you can't understand my writing over a beer on a Friday night, I haven't done my job. Studied the history and sociology of technology at the University of Pennsylvania. Spent 10 years working in technology and 5 years in finance.

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