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This is the soundest commentary I have encountered regarding the Bitcoin phenomenon since 2008. Sure, a lot of people will denounce Bitcoin, even central banker

This is the soundest commentary I have encountered regarding the Bitcoin phenomenon since 2008. Sure, a lot of people will denounce Bitcoin, even central bankers will assign doom to it, but never assert why. Is your background in economics? What literature or resource do you recommend I read to understand more of what you understand? May I contact you?

BenoitEssiambre 9y ago
My background is not in economics but the financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath kept me interested on the subject long enough to develop a general understanding of macro. I would say the economists who most shape my views would be Nick Rowe ( http://worthwhile.typepad.com/worthwhile_canadian_initi/nick-rowe/ http://worthwhile.typepad.com/worthwhile_canadian_initi/nick... ), David Beckworth ( http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.ca/ http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.ca/ ) and sometimes the more controversial but always entertaining Scott Sumner ( http://www.themoneyillusion.com/ http://www.themoneyillusion.com/ ) . A while back, I wanted to do as a side project, a game with a realistic macro economy but I got stuck at the learning phase and never got around to do the game (the rabbit hole went deeper than I had imagined). While I was researching, I put some of my musings about what I was learning in a few posts here: http://bessiambre.tumblr.com/ http://bessiambre.tumblr.com/ then later kind of summarized the views that I had formed in the following medium post: https://medium.com/@b.essiambre/the-world-deserves-a-pay-raise-302f25efd82a https://medium.com/@b.essiambre/the-world-deserves-a-pay-rai... I'm sure my conclusions are simplistic and over-general compared to those of real economists. My email is b.essiambre@gmail.com. Don't hesitate to write if you have questions.

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This is the soundest commentary I have encountered regarding the Bitcoin phenomenon since 2008. Sure, a lot of people will denounce Bitcoin, even central banker

by omarchowdhury 9y ago

BenoitEssiambre 9y ago
My background is not in economics but the financial crisis of 2008 and its aftermath kept me interested on the subject long enough to develop a general understanding of macro. I would say the economists who most shape my views would be Nick Rowe ( http://worthwhile.typepad.com/worthwhile_canadian_initi/nick-rowe/ http://worthwhile.typepad.com/worthwhile_canadian_initi/nick... ), David Beckworth ( http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.ca/ http://macromarketmusings.blogspot.ca/ ) and sometimes the more controversial but always entertaining Scott Sumner ( http://www.themoneyillusion.com/ http://www.themoneyillusion.com/ ) . A while back, I wanted to do as a side project, a game with a realistic macro economy but I got stuck at the learning phase and never got around to do the game (the rabbit hole went deeper than I had imagined). While I was researching, I put some of my musings about what I was learning in a few posts here: http://bessiambre.tumblr.com/ http://bessiambre.tumblr.com/ then later kind of summarized the views that I had formed in the following medium post: https://medium.com/@b.essiambre/the-world-deserves-a-pay-raise-302f25efd82a https://medium.com/@b.essiambre/the-world-deserves-a-pay-rai... I'm sure my conclusions are simplistic and over-general compared to those of real economists. My email is b.essiambre@gmail.com. Don't hesitate to write if you have questions.