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25 Jun 2025 Conversations with Tyler Austan Goolsbee on Central Banking as a Data Dog
“I think the thought that Grandma is going to have a CBDC and forget her password, and the Fed is going to have a customer service line that Grandma’s going to call and say, “How do I get my password back?”
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- Austan Goolsbee
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- 25 Jun 2025
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- Conversations with Tyler
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…Yes, but they ask you for advice. You’re a renowned economist. Congress has to set that policy. I think the thought that Grandma is going to have a CBDC and forget her password, and the Fed is going to have a customer service line that Grandma’s going to call and say, “How do I get my password back? ” I don’t know. I don’t see that. That seems pretty far from the world that the Fed’s going to focus in. CBDCs that are a wholesale thing, I at least have more understanding, and some of the central banks do that. But there, I wonder, how different is that from wire transfer? What does it mean? What does a wholesale — I mean retail, like we have retail stablecoins.…
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