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Krugman On Bitcoin and the Gold Standard

Posted by timothy on Thursday September 8, 2011 @10:17AM 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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Re:STOP by Anonymous Coward · 2011-09-08 10:35 · Score: 2, Funny

You are making the New York Times into something important and noteworthy and it is not.
No wonder Taco left.