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The future of money: a complete revolution.

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A Complete Revolution

When I first started investing in fintech companies in 2000, there was one main idea: that an analog sector would eventually become digital. The potential was obvious: here was a multi-trillion dollar industry, filled with atoms (think bank branches, paper documents, human labor, etc.), when all it ever needed was bytes. The transition to digital has and will reduce the friction and transaction costs of buying and using financial services, ultimately to zero.

Perhaps five years ago, the next leg of the journey became obvious. Once financial services were digital, they no longer needed to exist as discrete products; they could become embedded in software that consumers and businesses use all day long, and with which they have a durable and data-rich relationship. We are early in that process, and it requires imagination to see where it ends. For a while, it’s just going to feel like everyone we do business with wants to offer us a debit card, make us a loan or help us save 15% on our car insurance.

Eventually, though, when these products and services are all fully digital and embedded, the cognitive load of opening and managing these accounts will go away, as the operations are executed and automated by the software in which they are integrated.

Even more recently, with the mainstreaming of crypto and Web3, the final piece of the puzzle has snapped into place: over the next 30 years, financial services will go from centralized to decentralized, completing the revolution.

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One reason that we have such fixed notions of what financial services can be is because of their analog history. When a product or service has high frictional costs, it leads to standardization, a phenomenon we have seen in other industries. When automotive manufacturing went from primitive industrialization to modern factories, we went from the Model T in just one color to infinite combinations of automobile makes, models, and features. 

But another reason is that financial services is highly centralized, and the rules of the road are established and maintained by regulators, financial institutions, and their collective associations. Your debit card is built on the back of and fixed in place by DDA regulations, debit card switching network agreements, ATM standards and specifications, negotiated and regulated interchange schemes, etc. And that’s for a relatively risk-free product; the strictures on what your mortgage can look like make your debit card look like a party animal. 

When your money instead lives in a set of cryptographically secure wallets, the full flower of human imagination can be brought to bear in determining the potential of those accounts.

For this digital, embedded, and decentralized world to reach its full potential, there are meaningful problems to be solved. We must be able to establish identity, at point of transaction and over time, even if pseudonymous. We must have real time and persistent credit risk management, for people, businesses and for specific obligations between and among them. We must have reliable cryptographic security, in a world without central counterparties to resolve disputes. We must solve money’s supply chain problem, requiring robust and time-tested capital allocation algorithms, so that excess liquidity in one place can be a source of liquidity elsewhere, in real time.

Once identity is solved, credit risk becomes easier. You can’t commit fraud or default on your debt just by wriggling free into the ether; your credit history is immutable and follows you everywhere. In a fully transparent world - even if pseudonymous - willingness to pay becomes a given, and so the analysis can focus on ability to pay. 

In a fully liquid world, where capital comes from billions of individuals, businesses, and institutions, intermediated by hundreds of allocation protocols, people will no longer have liquidity problems. All their assets and future cash flow streams can be evaluated and the value time-shifted to them instantly, 24/7.

They can still, of course, have net worth problems, but increasingly money will be a probabilistic cloud. What is a better estimate of your financial worth: the balance of your bank account, or the present value of your future earnings? Those earnings obviously have different levels of certainty. Increasingly, you can get access to your already-earned wages. Why not the wages you’ll earn next week, with only slightly higher expense? Where does that end? 

Depending on the discount rate of your future earnings, is that probabilistic money better kept as future earnings (yielding nothing), or invested in a solar array in Ghana? What steps can you take to inflect the curve of those future earnings? As you sit here today, reading this, is your actual net worth going up because of the power of these ideas? (That last one is strictly rhetorical; obviously, the answer is yes.)

The transition from an analog, productized and centralized industry to a digital, embedded and decentralized one - underpinned by advances in identity, risk management, information security, and the globalization and atomization of liquidity - leads to an industry characterized by automation, abundance and creativity, displacing the friction, cognitive load, and conformity of the past. We will have financial relationships with all our commercial counterparties; we will have nearly as many wallets as we have transactions.

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So let’s turn to those wallets. Merchants of all types will present customers with two main options: store money with me and I will reward you, or pay me later with little/no expense. As a consumer moves through their commercial life, he or she will constantly be flipping back and forth between net borrower or lender to their counterparties, depending on other calls on their capital and the quality of the deals on offer. 

A consumer could, if pressed, verbalize their current situation or characterize changes to it - e.g., “I just swept all my merchant balances and will leverage BNPL offers for the next three weeks, while also pulling down my next quarter’s wages, so that I can allocate capital into the Latin American transportation sector given a short term outsized return there.” 

But these choices will generally not be overt or even conscious. Smaller merchants, similarly, will not have sophisticated treasury teams managing their liquidity and structuring these offers; algorithms, protocols and global pools of liquidity serve as their back office, as well.

Which leads to the next question: what’s in those wallets? By 2040, we will be done with the bad trade that is fiat currency, where we give our capital for free to various governments for the privilege of having it diluted by the tax of inflation. Rather than our current conception of money - a token that is a representation of an entry in a central bank ledger - our assets will be 100% invested at all times, and we will shift those assets around between and among counterparties, who can instantly (and without cost) shift between various stablecoins. 

As noted, money has historically had a supply chain problem in an analog, productized and centralized world, causing us to store it in various expensive and inefficient depots around our lives; in the future, money will be Just-In-Time.

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What are governments and banks to do about it? As we are seeing now, the first instinct of governments will be to wield sovereign power to retain their prerogatives; the first instinct of banks is to leverage regulatory capture to retain theirs. Eventually, it will grow more nuanced. Some countries will pursue open strategies - at first smaller countries, but hopefully over time the United States, as well. 

Many will perceive Web3 as the enemy forever. This distinction will, over time, create a new Cold War. Banks have a real opportunity in this new world, as well, to provide the underlying rails in certain cases, and the curation and navigation layers, for those truly progressive institutions who are first to acknowledge and embrace decentralization. Those who are late to embrace this revolution will simply go away or be nationalized.

Implications For Governments & Financial Institutions

 Venture capital investing in fintech has gone nuts lately. It looks like the industry will invest over $50B in private fintech companies this year alone, which will mean a three year total of over $100B. How can that make sense? Of course, perhaps it doesn’t; there is exuberance everywhere, and maybe it’s simply a bubble. 

But let’s look at another big number: $800B. That’s the annual net income of the global financial services industry. At mean S&P PE multiples, that’s worth $12 trillion of enterprise value. I’ve come to believe that this is the size of the prize, and if you believe that, the investment levels can make sense. 

Increasingly, fintech isn’t just about stealing the incremental customer, or participating in the evolution of the industry from analog to digital. It is a fundamental overthrow of how things have been done historically: a complete revolution.

With gratitude to Tina Dimitrova, Ashley Paston, Merritt Hummer, Stefan Cohen and all of my fintech colleagues at BCV.

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This new wave of financial innovations has broad implications for society, banking, and central banking: Digital platforms can ease entry for financial services providers, increase transactional efficiency, and widen access to and participation in the financial system. They could also decrease the use of cash and alter the U.S. dollar's role as today's vehicle currency.

Eswar S. Prasad is the Nandlal P. Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy in the Dyson School at Cornell University, a senior fellow and New Century Chair in International Economics at the Brookings Institution, and a research associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. This lecture draws on his latest book, The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution is Transforming Currencies and Finance .

Economists are storytellers at heart. So I have for you today a story of remarkable technological innovation, some unfulfilled promises, and unintended consequences. The story, of course, revolves around money, which makes it especially appropriate that I'm giving this lecture here today. I am very privileged to be following in the footsteps of many distinguished people who have delivered the Homer Jones Memorial Lecture, which, after all, is to honor somebody who had a great deal to do with the development of monetary economics and thinking about how money affects us.

The story I have for you today is going to revolve around how money is going to be reshaped: in the way we think about it, the way we relate to it, and the way it helps us organize our economic activities. And it's going to go through a lot of terrain. We'll start by thinking a little bit about basic financial innovations, then delve into the world of cryptocurrencies (including Bitcoin and much more), and then talk about the possibility that we might have digital versions of the paper currency we are all used to. But then we'll think about what all of this means for financial markets and institutions, for central banks such as the Fed, and, indeed, for the international monetary system. But it's not just going to be about finance and economics. It's ultimately going to have some implications for thinking about how we organize society and our day-to-day interactions. 

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The Future of Money

Money's destiny is to become digital. Throughout the ages physical money in the form of objects, coins and notes has increasingly been replaced by more abstract means of payment such as bills of exchange, cheques and credit cards. In the years to come that trend to virtual money will continue apace. As technological advances in ICT and biometrics come on-stream, as intangibles progressively become the primary source of value-added in the burgeoning knowledge economy, and as the public at large come to grasp the advantages of digital transactions, virtual forms of payment will dominate. How quickly will this happen on a major scale, and will cash disappear altogether? How will it affect our daily lives? Will it deepen already existing rifts in society? Does virtual money threaten control of the money supply, raising the spectre of greater inflationary risks? Or will it put central banks out of business? This book tackles these and many other critical questions, offering timely suggestions on why and how to make the transition to the world of digital money.

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• Since the creation of bitcoin in 2009, cryptocurrencies have exploded in popularity and are today collectively worth more than $1 trillion.
• Critics say a lack of oversight has contributed to volatility in the nascent industry, but regulators have begun to catch up.
• M eanwhile, many governments are seeking to capitalize on the technology that powers cryptocurrencies by investing in their own digital currencies.

Introduction

In just over a decade, cryptocurrencies have grown from digital novelties to trillion-dollar technologies with the potential to disrupt the global financial system. An increasing number of investors now hold bitcoin and hundreds of other cryptocurrencies as assets and use them to buy a swath of goods and services, such as software, digital real estate, and illegal drugs.

To their proponents, cryptocurrencies are a democratizing force, wresting the power of money creation and control from central banks and Wall Street. Critics, however, say that cryptocurrencies empower criminal groups, terrorist organizations, and rogue states while stoking inequality, suffering from drastic market volatility, and consuming vast amounts of electricity. Regulations vary considerably around the world, with some governments embracing cryptocurrencies and others banning or limiting their use. As of January 2024, 130 countries, including the United States, are considering introducing their own central bank digital currencies (CBDCs) to compete with the cryptocurrency boom.

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So called for their use of cryptography principles to mint virtual coins, cryptocurrencies are typically exchanged on decentralized computer networks between people with virtual wallets. These transactions are recorded publicly on distributed, tamper-proof ledgers known as blockchains . This open-source framework prevents coins from being duplicated and eliminates the need for a central authority such as a bank to validate transactions. Bitcoin, launched in 2009 by the pseudonymous software engineer Satoshi Nakamoto, is by far the most prominent cryptocurrency, and its market capitalization has peaked at more than $1 trillion. Numerous others, including Ethereum, the second-most popular, have proliferated in recent years. 

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Cryptocurrency users send funds between digital wallet addresses. These transactions are then recorded into a sequence of numbers known as a “block” and confirmed across the network. Blockchains do not record real names or physical addresses, only the transfers between digital wallets, and thus confer a degree of anonymity on users. Some cryptocurrencies, such as Monero , claim to provide additional privacy. However, if the identity of a wallet owner becomes known, their transactions can be traced. 

Bitcoin “miners” earn coins by solving complex math problems to organize these blocks, thereby validating transactions on the network; the process requires a system known as “ proof of work .” Many cryptocurrencies use this method, but Ethereum and some others instead use a validation mechanism known as “ proof of stake .” In bitcoin’s case, a transaction block is added to the chain every ten minutes, at which point new bitcoin is awarded. (The reward decreases steadily over time.) The total supply of bitcoin is capped at twenty-one million coins, but not all cryptocurrencies have such a constraint.

The prices of bitcoin and many other cryptocurrencies vary based on global supply and demand. However, the values of some cryptocurrencies are fixed because they are backed by other assets, thus earning them the name “stablecoins.” While these coins tend to claim a peg to a traditional currency, such as $1 per coin, many such currencies were knocked from their pegs during a spate of volatility in 2022.

Why are they popular?

Once dismissed as a fringe interest of tech evangelists, cryptocurrencies—particularly bitcoin—have skyrocketed to mainstream popularity and trillion dollar valuations . In November 2021, the price of bitcoin surged to more than $60,000 for the first time, though it has since fallen. As of mid-2023, an estimated 17 percent of U.S. adults polled by the Pew Research Center had invested in, traded, or used cryptocurrency.

Different currencies have different appeals, but the popularity of cryptocurrencies largely stems from their decentralized nature: They can be transferred relatively quickly and anonymously, even across borders, without the need for a bank that could block the transaction or charge a fee. Dissidents in authoritarian countries have raised funds in bitcoin to circumvent state controls, including to avoid U.S. sanctions on Russia . 

Some analysts say that digital assets are primarily tools for investment. People buy cryptocurrencies “because of a speculative belief that these tokens are going to go up in the future, because a new future is being built on the blockchain,” says CFR Senior Fellow Sebastian Mallaby. Some bitcoin proponents view the cryptocurrency as a hedge against inflation because the supply is permanently fixed, unlike those of fiat currencies, which central banks can expand indefinitely. However, after bitcoin plummeted amid stock market volatility in 2022, many experts questioned this argument . The valuation of other cryptocurrencies can be harder to explain, though many are associated with a larger project within the digital asset industry. Some cryptocurrencies, such as Dogecoin, were created as jokes, but have retained value and garnered investment from high profile investors.

In countries with historically weak currencies, including several Latin American and African countries, bitcoin has become popular with populist leaders. In 2021, El Salvador made waves by becoming the first country to make bitcoin legal tender (residents can pay taxes and settle debts with it), though less than 15 percent of people had used it for that purpose in 2023, according to a poll by Central American University. 

The price of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies fluctuates wildly, and some analysts say this limits their usefulness as a means of transaction. (Most buyers and sellers don’t want to accept payment in something whose value can change dramatically from day to day.) Nevertheless, some businesses accept bitcoin.

Experts say stablecoins could be more effective than other cryptocurrencies as a form of payments. The value of stablecoins is, as their names implies, relatively stable, and they can be sent instantly without the transaction fees associated with credit cards or international remittance services such as Western Union. In addition, because stablecoins can be used by anyone with a smartphone, they represent an opportunity to bring millions of people who lack traditional bank accounts into the financial system. However, they have drawn increased scrutiny from regulators, especially after several stablecoins sunk below their $1 pegs during 2022’s market volatility. 

What is “DeFi”?

Cryptocurrencies and blockchains have given rise to a new constellation of “ decentralized finance ” or DeFi businesses and projects. Essentially the cryptocurrency version of Wall Street, DeFi aims to offer people access to financial services—borrowing, lending, and trading—without the need for legacy institutions such as banks and brokerages, which often take large commissions and other fees. Instead, “ smart contracts ” automatically execute transactions when certain conditions are met. 

Most DeFi apps are built on the Ethereum blockchain. Because of its usefulness in tracking transactions, blockchain technology has a range of potential applications beyond cryptocurrency, experts say, such as facilitating international trade [PDF].

“You can imagine a new kind of financial system being constructed out of blockchain-based tokens that have advantages over the old, centralized kinds of money,” says CFR’s Mallaby. “You trust the code, and you trust the blockchain and the decentralized ledger, and it’s a new way of organizing finance.”

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Cryptocurrencies have also given rise to a new set of challenges for governments to contend with, including concerns over criminal activity, environmental harms, and consumer protection. 

Illicit activities. In recent years, cybercriminals have increasingly carried out ransomware attacks, by which they infiltrate and shut down computer networks and then demand payment to restore them, often in cryptocurrency . Drug cartels and money launderers are also “increasingly incorporating virtual currency” into their activities, according to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Agency (DEA). U.S. and European authorities have shut down a number of so-called darknet markets—websites where anonymous individuals can use cryptocurrency to buy and sell illegal goods and services, primarily narcotics. Critics say these enforcement efforts have fallen short , exemplified by the theft of more than $1 billion in cryptocurrency by a North Korean hacking group in 2022.

Terrorism and sanctions evasion. The primacy of the U.S. dollar has provided the United States unrivaled power to impose crippling economic sanctions—which states including Iran, North Korea, and Russia are increasingly using cryptocurrency to evade. Meanwhile, terrorist groups such as the self-proclaimed Islamic State, al-Qaeda, and the military wing of the Palestinian organization Hamas also traffic in cryptocurrency. 

Environmental harms. Bitcoin mining is an enormously energy-intensive process: the network now consumes more electricity than many countries . This has sparked fears about the cryptocurrency’s contribution to climate change. Cryptocurrency proponents say this problem can be solved using renewable energy; El Salvador’s president has pledged to use volcanic energy to mine bitcoin, for example. Environmental concerns reportedly prompted Ethereum’s move to a proof of stake model, which uses less energy.

Volatility and lack of regulation. The rapid rise of cryptocurrencies and DeFi enterprises means that billions of dollars in transactions are now taking place in a relatively unregulated sector, raising concerns about fraud, tax evasion , and cybersecurity , as well as broader financial stability. If cryptocurrencies become a dominant form of global payments, they could limit the ability of central banks, particularly those in smaller countries, to set monetary policy through control of the money supply. 

After high levels of volatility diminished the value of several prominent cryptocurrencies in 2022, a handful of crypto firms were unable to pay back their lenders, which were primarily other crypto firms. Many borrowers and lenders declared bankruptcy, including FTX, at the time the world’s third-largest cryptocurrency exchange. The collapse of FTX and other firms resulted in tens of billions of dollars in losses to investors and led some experts to call for a complete crypto ban , though traditional financial firms were relatively unscathed.     

What are governments doing about this?

Many governments have taken a hands-off approach to crypto, but its rapid ascent and evolution, coupled with the rise of DeFi, has forced regulators to begin crafting rules for the emerging sector . Regulations vary widely around the world, with some governments embracing cryptocurrencies and others banning them outright. The challenge for regulators, experts say, is to develop rules that limit traditional financial risks without stifling innovation. 

In the United States, policymakers have moved to regulate some cryptocurrencies and the emerging DeFi sector. In January 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approved the first set of exchange-traded funds (ETF) that include bitcoin, granting the cryptocurrency entry into the traditional securities market. However, cryptocurrencies do not fit neatly into the existing regulatory framework, creating ambiguity that lawmakers will likely have to resolve. SEC Chairman Gary Gensler has called the cryptocurrency sector a “Wild West,” and compared it to the 1920s, before the United States had securities laws; he has urged Congress to give the SEC greater oversight over bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen have both called for stronger regulations of stablecoins. But regulators have thus far been reluctant to extend crypto investors the same protections that exist in more traditional finance, such as deposit insurance. “If you buy crypto-assets and the price goes to zero at some point, please don’t be surprised and don’t expect taxpayers to socialize your losses,” the Federal Reserve Board of Governors’ Christopher J. Waller said in 2023.

To limit illicit activities, authorities have targeted the exchanges that allow users to convert cryptocurrencies to U.S. dollars and other national currencies. Under pressure from regulators , major exchanges including Coinbase and Gemini adhere to “know your customer” and other anti–money laundering requirements. Law enforcement and intelligence agencies, meanwhile, are learning to leverage the traceability of most cryptocurrencies by using blockchains to analyze and track criminal activity. For example, some of the ransom paid to the Colonial Pipeline hackers was later recovered by the FBI. In August 2022, the Treasury Department announced a crackdown on so-called cryptocurrency mixers that criminals can use to anonymize transactions on the blockchain, calling them a “threat to U.S. national security.”

China, which accounts for most of the world’s bitcoin mining, has moved aggressively to crack down on cryptocurrencies. In September 2021, Chinese authorities announced a sweeping ban on all crypto transactions and mining, causing the price of some cryptocurrencies to fall sharply in the immediate aftermath. According to the Atlantic Council, at least eight other countries (Algeria, Bangladesh, Bolivia, Morocco, Nepal, Pakistan, Saudi Arabia, and Tunisia) have banned cryptocurrencies , while dozens more have sought to restrict adoption of digital assets. However, such restrictions are hard to enforce, and crypto exchanges have generated tens of billions in revenue from countries with cryptocurrency bans. Meanwhile, most other governments have so far taken a relatively limited approach.

What is a central bank digital currency? 

In an effort to assert sovereignty, many central banks, including the U.S. Federal Reserve , are considering introducing their own digital cash, known as a central bank digital currency (CBDC). For proponents, CBDCs promise the speed and other benefits of cryptocurrency without the associated risks. Scores of countries—together representing more than 98 percent of the global economy—are exploring CBDCs . Eleven countries have fully launched CBDCs. All are lower-income and ten are in the Caribbean (Nigeria is the eleventh). In 2023, China began counting its piloted CBDC in official currency circulation calculations, though the digital yuan represented just 0.1 percent of central bank cash and reserves. In the United States, there is reportedly disagreement among Fed officials over the need for a digital dollar. 

One way to implement CBDCs would be for citizens to have accounts directly with the central bank [PDF]. This would give governments powerful new ways of managing the economy—stimulus payments and other benefits could be credited to people directly, for example—and the central bank’s imprimatur would make CBDCs a safe digital asset to hold. But their introduction could also create new problems, experts say, by centralizing an enormous amount of power, data, and risk within a single bank and potentially compromising privacy and cybersecurity. 

Some experts say the potential for CBDCs to cut out commercial banks as intermediaries carries risks, because these banks perform a critical economic role by creating and allocating credit (i.e., making loans). If people chose to bank directly with the Fed, that would require the central bank to either facilitate consumer borrowing, which it might not be equipped to do, or find new ways of injecting credit. For these reasons, some experts say private, regulated digital currencies are preferable to CBDCs.

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Are we heading for a cashless future? Eswar Prasad, a senior fellow at Brookings and author of the forthcoming book, “ The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance ,” thinks so. Credit card and cell phone payments have disrupted the physical cash market already, but Prasad says the real driving force will be central banks—as new cryptocurrencies continue to emerge and their popularity expands, central banks will react by developing their own more stable forms.  

On September 13, the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy and the Global Economy and Development program at Brookings hosted a virtual conversation between Prasad and Glenn Hutchins, co-chair of the Brookings Board of Trustees , on Prasad’s argument that the world is approaching a tipping point where cash phases out and digital currencies reign supreme. This will have far-reaching implications for individuals, businesses, banks, and governments: improved efficiency, increased flexibility, and improved market access, particularly for the unbanked. But the risks include market instability, minimal accountability, and decreased privacy.  

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The Future of Money: How the Digital Revolution Is Transforming Currencies and Finance Hardcover – September 21, 2021

An Economist Best Book of the Year A Financial Times Best Book of the Year A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year A ProMarket Best Political Economy Book of the Year One of The Week ’s Ten Best Business Books of the Year A cutting-edge look at how accelerating financial change, from the end of cash to the rise of cryptocurrencies, will transform economies for better and worse. We think we’ve seen financial innovation. We bank from laptops and buy coffee with the wave of a phone. But these are minor miracles compared with the dizzying experiments now underway around the globe, as businesses and governments alike embrace the possibilities of new financial technologies. As Eswar Prasad explains, the world of finance is at the threshold of major disruption that will affect corporations, bankers, states, and indeed all of us. The transformation of money will fundamentally rewrite how ordinary people live. Above all, Prasad foresees the end of physical cash. The driving force won’t be phones or credit cards but rather central banks, spurred by the emergence of cryptocurrencies to develop their own, more stable digital currencies. Meanwhile, cryptocurrencies themselves will evolve unpredictably as global corporations like Meta and Amazon join the game. The changes will be accompanied by snowballing innovations that are reshaping finance and have already begun to revolutionize how we invest, trade, insure, and manage risk. Prasad shows how these and other changes will redefine the very concept of money, unbundling its traditional functions as a unit of account, medium of exchange, and store of value. The promise lies in greater efficiency and flexibility, increased sensitivity to the needs of diverse consumers, and improved market access for the unbanked. The risk is instability, lack of accountability, and erosion of privacy. A lucid, visionary work, The Future of Money shows how to maximize the best and guard against the worst of what is to come.

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• Publisher ‏ : ‎ Belknap Press: An Imprint of Harvard University Press (September 21, 2021)
• Language ‏ : ‎ English
• Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 496 pages
• ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0674258444
• ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0674258440
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• Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 6.12 x 1.6 x 9.25 inches
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Eswar s. prasad.

Eswar Prasad is the Tolani Senior Professor of Trade Policy at Cornell University. He is also a Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution, where he holds the New Century Chair in International Economics, and a Research Associate at the National Bureau of Economic Research. He was previously chief of the Financial Studies Division in the International Monetary Fund’s Research Department and, before that, was the head of the IMF’s China Division.

Prasad has testified before various U.S. Congressional committees, including the Senate Finance Committee and House Committee on Financial Services. He was a member of the analytical team that drafted the 2008 report of the High-Level Committee on Financial Sector Reforms set up by the Government of India. He serves on an Advisory Committee to India’s Finance Minister and is the Lead Academic for the DFID-LSE International Growth Center’s India Growth Research Program. He is the creator of the Brookings-Financial Times index of world economic activity (TIGER: Tracking Indices for the Global Economic Recovery; www.ft.com/tiger). His op-ed articles have appeared in the Financial Times, Harvard Business Review, International Herald Tribune, New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Washington Post, and numerous other newspapers.

Eswar Prasad’s previous book, Emerging Markets: Resilience and Growth Amid Global Turmoil (with M. Ayhan Kose; Brookings Institution Press), was published in December 2010. His extensive publication record includes articles in top academic journals as well as numerous collected volumes. He has co-authored and edited numerous books and monographs, including on financial regulation and on China and India. His research interests include the macroeconomics of financial globalization; financial regulation, monetary policy frameworks and exchange rate policies in emerging markets; and the Chinese and Indian economies.

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On 26 January, hear leading UN experts on the global economy examine topics including the latest economic forecasts, how cryptocurrencies can be used to help people and what investors can do to better align investments with global sustainability goals.

As the world continues to grapple with the financial impacts of the COVID-19 crisis,  UN DESA brings together a panel of experts from government, business and academia to discuss The Future of Money , homing in on monetary policy in 2022. The event will take place on 26 January from 8:30 am to 10 am EST.

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As more and more people rely on electronic rather than tangible forms of money on a day-to-day basis and the world's financial systems appear to become more and more complex, many are left to ponder the future of money and currency. 

The Future of Paper Money

It's not likely that paper money will completely disappear at any time in the near future. It is true that electronic transactions have become more and more common over the last few decades and there is no reason why this trend will not continue. We may even get to the point where paper money transactions become incredibly rare - for some, they already are! At that point, the tables could turn and what we now consider paper money may actually act as the backing to our electronic currency, the way the gold standard once backed paper money. But even this scenario is difficult to picture, in part because of how we have historically placed a value on paper money .

The Value of Money

The concept behind money dates back to the beginning of civilization. It's no surprise why money caught on amongst civilized people: It was a much more efficient and convenient way to transact business as opposed to bartering with other goods and services. Can you image keeping all of your wealth in something like livestock?

But unlike goods and services, money does not hold an intrinsic value in and of itself. In fact, today, money is merely a piece of specialized paper or numbers on a ledger. While it's important to note that this was not always the case (for much of history, money was minted in coins of metals that held real value), today the system relies on a mutual set of beliefs. That is to say, that money has value because we as a society have assigned it value. In that sense, you can consider money a good with a limited supply and a demand simply because we want more of it. Simply put, we want money because we know that other people want money, so we can trade money for goods and services. This system works because a majority of us, if not all of us, believe in the future value of this money.

The Future of Currency

So if we are already in the future where the value of money is simply the value assigned to it, what has stopped us from moving toward an entirely digital currency? The answer is in large part due to our national governments. We have seen the rise (and falls) of digital or cryptographic currencies like Bitcoin. Some continue to wonder what we're all still doing with the dollar (or the pound, euro, yen, etc.). But beyond the issues of storage of value with these digital currencies, it is difficult to imagine a world in which such currencies replace the national currencies like the dollar. In fact, as long as governments continue to collect a tax, they will have the authority to dictate the currency in which those taxes may be paid.

As for one universal currency, we're not likely to get there anytime soon, though we do suspect that the number of currencies will fall as time goes on and the world becomes more globalized. We already see that happening today like when a Canadian oil firm negotiates a contract with a Saudi Arabian company and the deal is negotiated in American dollars or EU euros , not Canadian dollars. The world could get to the point where there are only 4 or 5 different currencies in use. At that point, we'll likely be battling over standards, one of the largest deterrents to such a global change.

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What we're most likely to see is the continued growth of electronic transactions for which people will be less willing to pay fees. We will be looking for and inventing newer, lower cost ways to transact with money electronically as we've seen with the rise of services like PayPal and Square. What's most amusing about this trend is that while less efficient in many ways, paper money is still the cheapest form in which to transact: It's free!

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The Future of Money

As the recent financial crisis has revealed, the state is central to the stability of the money system, while the chaotic privately-owned banks reap the benefits without shouldering the risks. This book argues that money is a public resource that has been hijacked by capitalism. Mary Mellor explores the history of money and modern banking, showing how finance capital has captured bank-created money to enhance speculative ‘leveraged’ profits as well as destroying collective approaches to economic life. Meanwhile, most individuals, and the public economy, have been mired in debt. To correct this obvious injustice, Mellor proposes a public and democratic future for money. Ways are put forward for structuring the money and banking system to provision societies on an equitable, ecologically sustainable ‘sufficiency’ basis. This fascinating study of money should be read by all economics students looking for an original analysis of the economy during the current crisis

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The concept of saving money, financial independence and empowerment.

One of the most significant advantages of saving money is the financial independence it brings. When you save, you essentially create a financial buffer that can help you navigate unexpected expenses or financial emergencies. This independence can lead to a sense of empowerment, as it allows you to make decisions based on your best interests rather than immediate financial constraints. For college students, this could mean having the freedom to pursue internships in their field of interest, even if they’re unpaid, or investing in educational resources that can enhance their academic performance.

Securing the Future

Saving money also plays a crucial role in securing your future. By setting aside a portion of your income, you’re essentially investing in your future self. This could mean being able to afford a down payment on a house, funding your post-graduate studies, or even starting a business. The act of saving money can provide a safety net that allows you to take calculated risks and make significant life decisions without fear of financial ruin.

Mitigating Financial Risks

Encouraging responsible financial behavior.

Lastly, the practice of saving money encourages responsible financial behavior. It necessitates budgeting and conscious spending, skills that are invaluable in managing personal finances. For college students, learning to save money can provide practical experience in financial management, setting the foundation for a future of financial prudence and stability.

In conclusion, the importance of saving money extends beyond the immediate benefits of having extra cash on hand. It’s about financial independence, securing the future, mitigating risks, and fostering responsible financial behavior. It’s a habit that, when cultivated early, can lead to lifelong financial stability and independence. As such, it’s crucial for college students to understand and appreciate the value of saving money, as it’s an investment that yields significant returns in the long run.

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Difference between EAP and General English

Skills i have improved and the methods i used, eap areas to be worked on and the methods to use, saving money and carefully planning for the future, contrasting views on the topic, examples of contrasting views on the topic, personal view on the topic.

English for academic purposes focuses on high standards of English for higher learning and studies in general. It provides only what the students need. Therefore, it is goal-oriented as opposed to general English, where students are taught everything necessary to be learned and known in English (Smith 2015). EAP’s major task is learning how to plot theses and dissertations. Hence, there is a need for proper planning, writing, organization, and even proof-reading written works to ensure adherence to the rules of EAP.

Various factors such as the objectives, levels of the students, their goals, and even culture are challenges that make it impossible for EAP to be provided equally. Consequently, such factors must be put into consideration when establishing effective methods of learning EAP. On the contrary, general English only aims at basically teaching students how to listen, speak, read and write English in their day to day communications (Smith 2015).

EAP has numerous features. These features include genres, signposting, and even the use of linking words. Knowledge of the language is also a very crucial component of EAP as it aids the learner in understanding questions and responding to them in their examinations.another differentiating factor between the two varieties of English is that EAP learners are generally adults while General English learners include both children and adults.

Reading and writing are among the main skills I have enhanced. The process of achieving their enhancement was possible through the formation of groups. Particularly, we always hold discussions for purposes of demonstrating how to pronounce and write English words. Group discussions have also helped improve speaking and listening skills. Through them, we are always able to discuss every challenging thing we came across. Eventually, every learner is corrected through consensus and lessons end with all problems settled.

Learners’ expectations should always be addressed in good time (Smith 2015). In this process, appropriate materials must be used in proper ways. This situation can be achieved by setting goals on how to meet learners’ expectations and using certified and approved materials. At the same time, individuals training as teachers of both EAP and general English should be well trained to handle their students without difficulties.

Saving money and striving to make one’s future bright is vital. People should invest every small amount of money they get in businesses for the sake of securing the future. Investing in businesses helps reduce a lot of expense and increase earnings ( Spreading your wings 2015 ). Savings also prevent people from becoming bankrupt for the money is not all spent. Some reasonable amounts of money are left for use later in life. Saving also enables one to get ready for responsibilities that come with getting children. Specifically, one will be able to cater to needs such as good clothing, food, and even quality education.

Apart from taking care of future needs, saving money is ideal because individuals that save money are able of coping with emergencies that may leave someone helpless if he or she did not save (Kobliner 2010). Hence, it is important to save in order to better the future and make life more comfortable. In addition, people must also save with the view of avoiding debts that come when one lacks money. Saving ensures that they comfortably and conveniently cope with situations as they arise without requesting loans and grants, which might later burden them.

However, saving can be very challenging considering the small amounts of money earned by some groups of people and many unending needs that people must satisfy (Eyden 2012). Nonetheless, such situations can be solved and made easier by opening bank accounts for safekeeping. In the same vein, the situation can be salvaged through engaging in leisure activities that do not require money or those that need less money (Eyden 2012).

Examples of such activities are mostly sporting activities that keep one occupied with the view of reducing his or her expenditure. Selling items you no longer need can also earn extra money for saving. Similarly, the keeping of receipts and analyzing them as you check on what you should not buy again or what you will reduce spending on can significantly reduce the amount you spend.

Some people may argue that the death of someone cannot be predicted. Therefore, there is no reason for saving money for the future (Kobliner 2010). They may also argue that saving makes someone lag behind in terms of modern trends and fashions as one is forced to forego secondary needs and only focus on necessary items. Worse still, balancing between one’s spending habits and saving is also a difficult task. Proponents of this standpoint insist that people deny themselves very many things when they decide to save. Hence, such people’s lives do not run the way they should.

An individual who opens a fixed account to save money for five years then dies in the third year of saving having foregone very many things is a good example of a counterargument to the topic. Such a person does not enjoy the benefits of saving. Another good example is that of an individual who avoids keeping up with trendy things and fashion and being classy just to save money for the future (Eyden 2012). Such an individual lives differently from his or her friends. The third example of contrasting views is that of one having problems with balancing between saving and spending. Precisely, she or he saves enough money, but when an emergency arises or when an urge to acquire something or use the money in another way comes up, one quickly opts to use the money saved. This brings about the challenge of balancing.

I believe that both saving and spending are necessary. The best thing to do is to be conscious of both. Do not deny yourself so much in the name of saving and do not also spend everything without thinking of what tomorrow will be. It is good to budget for everything that requires your money and balances the budget well as this prevents overstraining in other areas. Budgeting helps people avoid debts as the money one has is planned for in a way that ensures that all things are catered for, including savings and other amounts meant for future use and emergencies. For easier saving of money, one should avoid impulse buying as it leads to having unnecessary items and spending money in an unplanned way. Hence, it is important to create a budget for yourself.

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Creation of money.

People bartered for goods and services before money was invented. About 5000 years ago, the Mesopotamian people created the shekel. This is considered the first known form of currency. Around 650 to 600 BC, gold & silver coins were stamped and used to pay armies. From then to now, money's importance has been increasing daily.

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Properties of money

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In reality, we can say there are only five main uses for money

We can use it to live.

We can give it.

We can pay taxes.

We can repay debt and

We can save or grow it.

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Money has significant power to rule human life. It provides people with the ability to have the freedom to do what they want, be who they want and go where they want. Life with money will have success, freedom, choice, security, happiness and many more. Without money, we would be reduced to a barter economy. For every penny we spend in life, we need to think twice about whether it is worth it. Life without money shows us what adjustment is, what scarcity or starving for food is.

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Money has a significant impact on our lives, influencing various aspects such as:

Basic necessities: Money allows us to meet our basic needs such as food, shelter, clothing, and healthcare.

Security: Having a stable source of income provides financial security, allowing us to plan for the future and reducing stress.

Career and personal development: Money provides the means for individuals to invest in themselves and their careers, allowing for personal growth and professional advancement.

Lifestyle: Money affects our lifestyle and the choices we make, from the type of home we live in to the leisure activities we pursue.

Relationships: Money can influence relationships, as disagreements over financial issues are common and can cause stress and tension.

Social status: Money affects social status, as income and wealth can determine access to certain opportunities and experiences.

Mental well-being: Money has a significant impact on mental health, as financial stress and insecurity can cause anxiety and depression.

In conclusion, money affects many aspects of our lives and has the potential to greatly impact our well-being, both positively and negatively. It is important to manage money wisely and to strive for financial stability while also balancing other important aspects of life.

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I consider bolting after 20 minutes. Then again at the 40-minute mark — but the only thing sillier than standing here, I realize, would be to leave empty-handed.

This is brunch in 2024. Chefs on a budget and young customers trying to stretch their dining dollars or discover the next big thing are embracing the line-and-dine option because no one wants to give up on fun, regardless of the time it might require. Customers settle for less to get more, at times sacrificing anything resembling ambience for the opportunity to eat well. Yes, there’s a $24 wild Alaskan salmon roe sandwich, but there’s also a $6 bagel and schmear.

The modern era of line culture began in 2006, to my mind, at the original Shake Shack in Manhattan’s Madison Square Park. All of a sudden waiting was fun, complete with the Shake Shack Cam to record the scene. Now a line runs from Los Angeles’s citywide bagel subculture to Seattle’s Doce Donut to Chicago’s Michelin-starred Kasama, which offers a sit-down tasting menu at dinner but draws a crowd for its daytime bakery and breakfast menus.

For most of our history, standing in a food line has conveyed abject want — bread lines during the Depression and food banks to this day. Today, waiting is a two-tier system, indicating tough times on some blocks, where people still line up based on need, and free time on others, where people line up by choice.

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