CBDCs are a declaration of war against the banking system claims economist
Richard Werner discusses decentralization's challenges and blockchain's role in it in an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph. CBDCs are a declaration of war against the banking system, Richard Werner — development economist and professor at De Montfort University — told Cointelegraph at Web Summit on Nov. 4.Known for his quantitative easing theory, published almost 30 years ago, Werner is an advocate for a decentralized economy. In an exclusive interview with Cointelegraph's editor-in-chief Kristina Lucrezia Cornèr, he discussed the challenges that surround decentralization, the role of....
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