Eswar Prasad

@EswarSPrasad

Professor@Cornell; Senior Fellow@Brookings. New book--The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution is Transforming Currencies & Finance

Washington, DC/Ithaca, NY
prasad.dyson.cornell.edu
Joined May 2012
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    Dec 10

    Eswar Prasad, économiste: "Une monnaie Facebook poserait une menace existentielle" ➡ ✍️ Par

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    Dec 10

    ‘Een Facebook-munt is een existentiële bedreiging’

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    Dec 8

    Under former gov. Zhou Xiaochuan, China's "Mr. Renminbi," who worked closely w Vice Premier Liu He, the PBOC over the yrs has carved out a modest amount of operational autonomy. Now, that has conflicted with a "more intrusive" government, said "The PBOC is losing."

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  4. Dec 10

    NYT has a provocative yet nuanced article "Can We Trust What's Happening to Money?" by that graciously mentions The Future of Money

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  5. Dec 10

    The Future of Money makes it onto 2021 list of Best books in economics and business! (paywall) or (pdf)

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  6. Dec 1

    My interview on the future of cryptocurrencies and CBDCs (video)

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  7. Nov 22

    My colleague and I talk about China's growth slowdown and the state of US-China relations. On David's Dollars&Sense podcast (which, by the way, is excellent and is celebrating its third anniversary)

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  8. Nov 17

    I will be on Washington Post Live tomorrow (Thu, Nov. 18) at 3:25 pm EST (program starts at 3 pm but my interview is second in line-up) to talk about the Future of Money

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    Nov 16

    Best books of 2021: Economics

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  10. Nov 8

    I will be testifying at this UK parliamentary hearing on CBDCs tomorrow (Tues, Nov. 9) 3-5 pm GMT 10-11 am EST

    Our next evidence sessions on central bank digital currencies 💷 () will be on Tues 9️⃣ Nov. Topics will include how CBDCs will affect central banks, retail versus wholesale CBDCs, their impact on payments innovation and much more. Tune in ➡️
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  11. Nov 8

    My interview on about China's policy balancing act, including trying to reconcile increasing state control and "common prosperity" with a dynamic private sector

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  12. Nov 5

    Bitcoin mining yields climate chaos, faculty tell NYS Assembly

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  13. Nov 2

    Vom Bitcoin zum digitalen Zentralbankgeld (From Bitcoin to digital central bank money). My piece in Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, a leading German newspaper (only in German, sorry--but you could of course read my book in English)

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  14. Oct 30

    "The Bonfire of the Currencies?" Benjamin Cohen's review of Ken Rogoff's excellent book (The Curse of Cash) and mine for Project Syndicate

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  15. Oct 30

    Review of my book in Finance & Development Magazine, by Jon Frost of "A Glorious Future for Money?"

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  16. Oct 28

    Video from Oct 27 New York State Assembly hearing on Cryptocurrency Mining. My testimony at 40:00 mark (summary: Bitcoin mining rigs won't create many jobs, boost the economy, or benefit the state). Kudos to for drawing attention to this issue

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  17. Oct 22

    My piece in "The Future of Crypto Is Bright, But Governments Must Help Manage the Risks" (an endorsement of the potential of blockchain technology, not Bitcoin as an asset!)

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  18. Oct 21

    My new op-ed "DeFi is a reminder of the risks of unfettered financial engineering". DeFi has a lot to offer but decentralization and technology do not eliminate all risks and create new ones

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  19. Oct 16

    Video of my IMF-WB annual meetings panel on the Digital Money Revolution with BIS's Benoit Coure posted here:

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  20. Oct 15

    Review of my book in group's "The coming impact of digital on world currencies"

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