Andy Haldane: bitcoin as money is a fanciful idea that should fill us with horror
The Bank of England's outgoing chief economist, Andy Haldane, tells Merryn why he isn't a fan of bitcoin as money; why the BoE is actively considering its own digital cash (and what that would mean for you); plus Covid and our stellar economic recovery, where inflation could go next, and how we avoid ending up like…
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