Banking, Bureaucracy, and Beyond
Nick Anthony, Norbert MichelEverything you need to stay up to speed on the policy conversations surrounding central bank digital currency, financial privacy, banking, and more.
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Nicholas Anthony is a policy analyst in the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives and a fellow at the Human Rights Foundation.
I am vice president and director of the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives.
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