Yannis Varoufakis on Bitcoin and Political Money | The New School

Yanis Varoufakis, economist, academic and former Greek Minister of Finance, in conversation with Will Milberg, dean of The New School for Social Research, discussing Bitcoin and the concept of Political Money.
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Original event date: Monday, May 7, 2018 at 6:00 pm

[@supercal333]

He seems to not have a complete understanding of Bitcoin. Bitcoin cannot be printed by governments the way fiat currency can. It have fixed supply.

[@travishughes5014]

Thats his point. It's inherently deflationary like the gold standard

[@huelu982]

Bitcoin and building of Frankfurt?... from Finance of Greece, a country that went bankrupt... I feel like we should just use cash...