Public evidence record

George Selgin

Published podcast speaker

Claims: 14
Episodes: 1
Shows: 1
Named items: 0

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What George said.

2 transcript-backed records

01 / recommendation

15 Oct 2025

I think that what should have happened was immediate devaluation of the dollar. It was clear by the time Roosevelt took office, the gold standard, as it had been, had to be at least suspended because the New York banks had run out of gold essentially.

“I think that what should have happened was immediate devaluation of the dollar. It was clear by the time Roosevelt took office, the gold standard, as it had been, had to be at least suspended because the New York banks had run out of gold essentially.”

Speaker: George Selgin
Episode: George Selgin on the New Deal, Regime Uncertainty, and What Really Ended the Great Depression
Publisher: Conversations with Tyler

02 / recommendation

15 Oct 2025

If we can envision, just for the sake of argument, a stablecoin industry that gives us all everything we want that we used to get from banks, so we do dispense with banks altogether.

“If we can envision, just for the sake of argument, a stablecoin industry that gives us all everything we want that we used to get from banks, so we do dispense with banks altogether.”

Speaker: George Selgin
Episode: George Selgin on the New Deal, Regime Uncertainty, and What Really Ended the Great Depression
Publisher: Conversations with Tyler