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Global gosbankification risk is now at orange

Beware of Chinese central bankers bearing frictionless and cheap CBDC payment gifts.

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FT AlphavilleClaire Jones
Does working from home make us more or less creative? 

It depends on where your head’s at. 

Markets
Further reading

Fake reviews: botox boom: office space busts and much more . . . 

FT AlphavilleEnvironment
The ECB needs to do more to “green” its monetary policy

The eurozone’s monetary policymakers have a means to offer cheaper funding to banks. They should use it to encourage lenders to issue more green loans.

FT AlphavilleJemima Kelly
PayPal is shilling crypto on the internet

Censor-resistant money, censored.

Macroeconomics
The great MMT debate, again

Round 1: fight!

AnalysisCoronavirus pandemic
The pandemic model that’s spooking the UK government

Turns out there was one model that predicted the future more accurately than others.

Feature
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Inside GCHQ; The permanence of your browser data; Martin Bashir; plus more . . . 

FT AlphavilleClaire Jones
How reliable is a millennium of macroeconomic data?

Can we really measure what GDP was when the Magna Carta was signed? And do we really need to care?

Markets
Public Service Announcement: It’s not you, it’s us

Someone is elsewhere on the internet.

Big tech
The USA vs. Google

The first big tech antitrust lawsuit has landed.

FT AlphavilleClaire Jones
Does a digital euro challenge the dollar’s global dominance?

The ECB is keen on giving foreigners access to a digital euro. That could make the single currency far more commonly used globally.

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