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**EU Regulations: Cryptocurrencies and blockchain**
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**“We are in a complicated situation because ‘good money’ – dollars or cryptocurrency – is available, but it is scarce because people tend to keep it, not spend it. On the other hand our ‘bad money,’ the Bolivar, it’s the one used by law.”**
*by Gus2345 (<https://redd.it/aztfcu>)*
https://thecoinshark.net/crypto-and-bolivar-in-venezuela-what-is-good-money-and-what-is-bad-money/

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**Trump to release $4.7 trillion budget that locks in $1 trillion deficits, boosts military spending and cuts to social safety net**
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**Roubini warns of Perfect Storm for U.S. economy.**
*by culaterbro (<https://redd.it/azyo2a>)*
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**ProPelled: The Effects of Grants on Graduation, Earnings, and Welfare**
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**Fidelity finds global business souring on Trump**
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**Vietnam's economy races ahead. But can it keep the wheels on?**
*by eff50 (<https://redd.it/azzgco>)*
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**Trump’s budget would add at least $7.9T to the debt in ten years**
*by lua_x_ia (<https://redd.it/azzo1p>)*
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**The Fed Has Given MMT Proponents Ample Ammunition**
*by mjk1093 (<https://redd.it/b0081c>)*
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**China Prepares for Dollar Collapse, Hoards Gold - Gold Newsletter**
*by WarOfNoise (<https://redd.it/b00ihx>)*
https://goldnewsletter.com/podcast/china-prepares-dollar-collapse-hoards-gold/

**Unemployment is not real**
*by IceHistory0 (<https://redd.it/b01443>)*
https://www.jamesallan.net/blog/unemployment-is-not-real

**Why are there commissions on the cryptoexchanges?**
*by Ogiedonatelli (<https://redd.it/b018ik>)*
https://medium.com/exmo-official/why-are-there-commissions-on-the-cryptoexchanges-e7f44ea25eaf

**Americans can’t decide how much to tax the rich — but they want to tax the rich**
*by kaffmoo (<https://redd.it/b01ptm>)*
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/02/11/americans-cant-decide-how-much-tax-rich-they-want-tax-rich/?noredirect=on

**Jacob Vigdor on the Seattle Minimum Wage - Econlib**
*by must_not_forget_pwd (<https://redd.it/b025id>)*
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