Central Banks - Karl Whelan

How Is Bitcoin Different From The Dollar?

As Bitcoin goes through another day of crazy price fluctuations and huge publicity, this time courtesy of the U.S. Senate, I recommend two […]

After years of turmoil, Europe seems to finally have a good news story. Ireland will be the first of country to

I was in Brussels on Monday and attended the European Parliament’s Economic and Monetary Affairs Committee for its latest meeting

Some thoughts on where things stand in Cyprus including the parallels between Ireland’s treatment of Anglo’s debts and the current

A report on my bizarre Twitter mauling at the hands of none other than Nassim Nicholas Taleb.

In the presentation I gave last month on potential euro breakup scenarios, I flagged the introduction of capital controls in

My latest thoughts: Is Draghi really going to save the euro after this week’s events.

I’ve updated my TARGET2 paper. Here is a post with a link to the new paper and a discussion relating

While the Federal Reserve’s quantitative easing program has not yet caused an increase in inflation, many are concerned that the

A post about the disappearance of IBRC’s equity that occurred via the promissory note bond swap.