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How the World Stopped Producing Enough Money, Feat. Emil Kalinowski

In a year when the popular narrative says money printing went crazy, the host of “Making Sense/Eurodollar University” says the problem is actually too little money.

Updated Sep 14, 2021, 10:28 a.m. Published Nov 6, 2020, 8:00 p.m.
Breakdown 11.6.20 Emil Kalinowski

In a year when the popular narrative says money printing went crazy, the host of “Making Sense/Eurodollar University” says the problem is actually too little money.

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Emil Kalinowski is the host of “Making Sense/Eurodollar University" collaborations with Jeff Snider.

In this illuminating conversation, Emil and NLW discuss:

  • How the global monetary order changed over the last 50 years
  • The exact moment the world demonstrated it had too little money
  • Why bitcoin and MMT are competing to shape the next generation of monetary thinking
  • Why a big crash is coming, but we’ll be better on the other side

Find Emil Kalinowski online:
Twitter – twitter.com/EmilKalinowski
YouTube – youtube.com/c/EmilKalinowski/videos
YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-fc2oBgFM6hNywSse_V-YEYzI7D01EXB

See also: The Mirage of the Money Printer: Why the Fed Is More PR Than Policy, Feat. Jeffrey P. Snider

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