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Title: 2017-11-29 Stiglitz Says Bitcoin 'Ought to Be Outlawed'
Post by: B!t_Kong on December 02, 2017, 01:34:45 AM
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate and Columbia University Professor, discusses Bitcoin and explains why the digital currency "ought to be outlawed." He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-11-29/joseph-stiglitz-bitcoin-ought-to-be-outlawed-video


Title: Re: 2017-11-29 Stiglitz Says Bitcoin 'Ought to Be Outlawed'
Post by: cr1776 on December 02, 2017, 01:41:30 AM
Joseph Stiglitz, Nobel Laureate and Columbia University Professor, discusses Bitcoin and explains why the digital currency "ought to be outlawed." He speaks on "Bloomberg Surveillance."

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-11-29/joseph-stiglitz-bitcoin-ought-to-be-outlawed-video

This is the guy who admired Hugo Chavez’ dictatorship.  And said a few years before Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac failed that they would NEVER FAIL.

He is a fool who loves dictators and will excuse them by any means necessary including lying.  And he may be an idiot who got promoted because he was a statist toady.   Whatever he says, the opposing is probably true.

The fact that he teaches at Columbia shows how low their standards are.

Here is a good summary:
https://reason.com/blog/2017/11/30/bitcoin-joseph-stiglitz-crypto-outlaw