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It was an absolute pleasure moderating this event on liberty in #Iran and meeting ! Thank you setting this us . Watch the recording here: cato.org/events/does-li
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Absolute privilege today to have met with and Prof. Deirdre McCloskey at ! Hello 😁
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نشست اندیشکده کیتو با عنوان «آیا آزادی آیندهای در ایران دارد؟» در واشنگتن
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Glad to see our forum today, “Does Liberty Have a Future in Iran,” highlighted on .
As does , I believe there will be a free Iran some day, as the oppressive regime will finally exhaust itself, similar to the Soviet Union of the 1980’s.
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There are many difficult realities for people in Iran that Americans will likely never face. Right now there is growing support for Christian Nationalism across America. Does that concern you, and what would you say to American Christians who think their theocracy is a good idea.
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The protests that we see today in Iran stem from Mahsa Amini, the hijab, and the religious police.
Are the current demands any different from previous protests?
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. discusses the communist-like nature of the Iranian regime and the free-market tradition in Islam.
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Between 70 -85% of people reject mandatory hijab in Iran.
“And I assure you, the 15% that are in favor, are definitely not the young generations—it’s not the future generation of Iran.” —
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Freedom, and the idea that individuals should not be coerced against their will in the name of God or the government, is an idea particularly difficult to articulate in certain parts of the world, says .
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Tomorrow!
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TOMORROW: Please join us for a thought-provoking discussion about the killing of 22‐year‐old woman Mahsa Amini at the hands of “religion police,” and the aftermath in Iran.
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We know corporations lobby gov’t for favors. The #TwitterFiles show that gov’t also lobbies corporations – often to silence critics.
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Is the Islamic republic strong enough to survive for the foreseeable future?
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What are the lessons from Iran for other Muslim‐majority nations, where the role of religion in public life keeps being contested?
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Centralized crypto exchange #FTX’s bankruptcy caused huge chaos nationwide or even worldwide, and people began to look for ways to regulate #cryptocurrency and decentralized finance (DeFi), but how?
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Since the killing of Mahsa Amini, protestors in Iran demand freedom from an authoritarian regime that has ruled in the name of religion since 1979. Do they have a chance?
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Since the 22‐year‐old woman Mahsa Amini died at the hands of “religion police” back in September, Iran has been shaken by massive anti‐regime demonstrations.
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. says the differences between defi and traditional finance may make privately-organized regulation a strong option.
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“I think there’s a role for centralized actors in this environment [...] and one good function could be financial education.”
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“The beauty of DeFi is broader access,” says
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Policymakers need to think about how decentralization will help build up the 3.0 economy that the U.S. will need to stay competitive.
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People in the industry are studying DeFi before thinking about regulating it, and I hope U.S. policymakers follow suit, says .
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#CatoEcon If the Fed wants negative interest rate on private digital cash, it would need to buy it during positive rate periods and then sell it during negative rate periods. Would that work? Or is there too much private digital cash for that to work?
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So what does "decentralized" really mean? And what does it mean for the future of finance?
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. highlights that the guardrails we set up now will shape how decentralization will grow & whether it will shape into a healthy economy that:
🔎respects our data privacy
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We need to think about how defi is different, says . That should be the starting point for the conversation.
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