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Krugman On Bitcoin and the Gold Standard

Posted by timothy on from the break-enough-windows-to-encourage-spending dept.

twoallbeefpatties writes "Prominent Keynesian economist Paul Krugman has left a note on his blog at NYTimes about his view of Bitcoin, discussing its similarity to the gold standard and suggesting a drop in 'real gross Bitcoin product' as its users hoard the currency rather than spend it."

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  1. Re:STOP by Shivetya · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    Well a Keynesian economist thinks it was important enough to write about, but then again given their track record why do we accord them any insight into anything?

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