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link to How Does the United States Export Inflation?

How Does the United States Export Inflation?

Over just the last two decades, the United States greatly increased the supply of dollars by lowering interest rates and bailing out corporations through quantitative easing - all of which should...

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link to Dollar Devaluation History and How Currencies Lose Value

Dollar Devaluation History and How Currencies Lose Value

The dollar lost 96% of its value since the Federal Reserve was created in 1913. Learn how that happened and what you can do to preserve your savings.

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link to Helicopter Money and How it Affects the Economy, Explained

Helicopter Money and How it Affects the Economy, Explained

Helicopter money is newly printed currency distributed to households - debasing the currency while making people feel richer. Learn more about its effects.

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link to CBDCs and the Digital Dollar Explained

CBDCs and the Digital Dollar Explained

The Federal Reserve plans to build a digital dollar so you and I will have bank accounts at the Fed - here's what that means for you.

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link to The Ultimate Guide to Using Any Bitcoin ATM – 2022

The Ultimate Guide to Using Any Bitcoin ATM – 2022

Bitcoin ATMs may seem confusing or downright useless - why would a digital currency need a physical ATM? In fact, a Bitcoin ATM is a very useful way to buy and sell Bitcoin, because they operate very...

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link to What are Interest Rates, and How are They Determined?

What are Interest Rates, and How are They Determined?

Learn how interest rates are set by banks, and how our system of central banks intervenes in the natural interest rate market.

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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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