Crypto-economics: The Macro Effects of Digital Private Moneys and Payment Systems
June 7, 2018
This two-hour video webinar went beyond the well-covered topics of crypto-currency technology, policy, and players. It instead dealt with the potential impact of such private and central bank issued digital payment mechanisms, if they take off, on the macro-economy of countries, as well as the tools of central banks to conduct monetary policy and engage in economic stabilization.
Are the new technologies an impediment to governmental controls – and what are the economic policy implications? Do they also provide new tools for macro policy, including governmental digital currencies?
The webinar is part of CITI’s project on “The New Technologies of Money”, which is supported by the Columbia School for Public Affairs (SIPA) with support from the Nasdaq Educational Foundation.
Speakers included:
- Anna Loseva, Faculty of Economics, Moscow State University
- Diego Zuluaga, Policy Analyst, Cato Institute Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives
- Sina Motamedi, Tanna Tuva Initiative, Canada
- Neil Gandal, Professor and Chair, Tel Aviv University
- Ole Bjerg, Associate Professor, Copenhagen Business School
- Gabriele Camera, Professor of Economics and Finance, Chapman University
- Stefan Kooths, Head of Forecasting, Kiel Institute for the World Economy, Germany