Episodes

Economics textbooks tell us humans created money to overcome the drawbacks of barter. If your chicken wasn’t worth someone’s bushel of grain, you had no bread and they had no meat. Anthropologists see things differently. Markets didn’t necessarily come first, they say. In fact, they argue, it’s the money we use that determines the type of society we live in. In the latest New Money Review podcast, ‘the future of money in 30 minutes’, anthropologist and historian Brett Scott talks about the ori...

Economics textbooks tell us humans created money to overcome the drawbacks of barter. If your chicken wasn’t worth someone’s bushel of grain, you had no bread and they had no meat. Anthropologists see things differently. Markets didn’t necessarily come first, they say. In fact, they argue, it’s the money we use that determines the type of society we live in. In the latest New Money Review podcast, ‘the future of money in 30 minutes’, anthropologist and historian Brett Scott talks about the ori...

The increasing adoption of cryptodollars—digital dollar tokens that can be passed hand-to-hand like cash—is a sign of the revolution that’s going on in money, says Nic Carter, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast. Carter, a former cryptoasset analyst at fund giant Fidelity, is a venture capitalist and cofounder of blockchain data firm Coinmetrics. Cryptodollars—Carter’s preferred name for stablecoins that are settled on public blockchains—are a highly disruptive innovation, says Ca...

The increasing adoption of cryptodollars—digital dollar tokens that can be passed hand-to-hand like cash—is a sign of the revolution that’s going on in money, says Nic Carter, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast. Carter, a former cryptoasset analyst at fund giant Fidelity, is a venture capitalist and cofounder of blockchain data firm Coinmetrics. Cryptodollars—Carter’s preferred name for stablecoins that are settled on public blockchains—are a highly disruptive innovation, says Ca...

The increasing adoption of cryptodollars—digital dollar tokens that can be passed hand-to-hand like cash—is a sign of the revolution that’s going on in money, says Nic Carter, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast. Carter, a former cryptoasset analyst at fund giant Fidelity, is a venture capitalist and cofounder of blockchain data firm Coinmetrics. Cryptodollars—Carter’s preferred name for stablecoins that are settled on public blockchains—are a highly disruptive innovation, says Ca...

This year’s coronavirus pandemic has accelerated plans for the introduction of central bank digital currencies (CBDC)—a mobile-ready replacement for our state-issued banknotes and coins. But many of the most important design aspects of CBDC are still unanswered. In the latest episode of the New Money Review podcast, Aleksi Grym, head of digitalisation at the Bank of Finland, shares a central banker’s view on CBDC, the accelerating shift to online commerce and the growing role of big tech firms...

This year’s coronavirus pandemic has accelerated plans for the introduction of central bank digital currencies (CBDC)—a mobile-ready replacement for our state-issued banknotes and coins. But many of the most important design aspects of CBDC are still unanswered. In the latest episode of the New Money Review podcast, Aleksi Grym, head of digitalisation at the Bank of Finland, shares a central banker’s view on CBDC, the accelerating shift to online commerce and the growing role of big tech firms...

This year’s coronavirus pandemic has accelerated plans for the introduction of central bank digital currencies (CBDC)—a mobile-ready replacement for our state-issued banknotes and coins. But many of the most important design aspects of CBDC are still unanswered. In the latest episode of the New Money Review podcast, Aleksi Grym, head of digitalisation at the Bank of Finland, shares a central banker’s view on CBDC, the accelerating shift to online commerce and the growing role of big tech firms...

Facebook’s ‘Libra’ digital currency project combined incompetence and arrogance and was bound to fail, says David Gerard, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast. Gerard, a technology expert and journalist, is the author of a new book, called ‘Libra Shrugged’, on what he sees as Facebook’s attempts to take over the world’s money. In June last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his firm’s ambitions to provide the first global medium of exchange, for use across the firm’s soci...

Facebook’s ‘Libra’ digital currency project combined incompetence and arrogance and was bound to fail, says David Gerard, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast. Gerard, a technology expert and journalist, is the author of a new book, called ‘Libra Shrugged’, on what he sees as Facebook’s attempts to take over the world’s money. In June last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his firm’s ambitions to provide the first global medium of exchange, for use across the firm’s soci...

Facebook’s ‘Libra’ digital currency project combined incompetence and arrogance and was bound to fail, says David Gerard, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast. Gerard, a technology expert and journalist, is the author of a new book, called ‘Libra Shrugged’, on what he sees as Facebook’s attempts to take over the world’s money. In June last year, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg announced his firm’s ambitions to provide the first global medium of exchange, for use across the firm’s soci...

If we don’t fix our flawed digital identity infrastructure, says Bianca Lopes, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast, we can expect repeat after repeat of crises like Covid-19. Digital ID is how we recognise people and things online. It’s how we know who we’re dealing with. ID systems also determine our money systems. To understand digital identity, we need to start by remembering that our biological make-up plays a big role in determining the way we assess and interact with the out...

If we don’t fix our flawed digital identity infrastructure, says Bianca Lopes, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast, we can expect repeat after repeat of crises like Covid-19. Digital ID is how we recognise people and things online. It’s how we know who we’re dealing with. ID systems also determine our money systems. To understand digital identity, we need to start by remembering that our biological make-up plays a big role in determining the way we assess and interact with the out...

If we don’t fix our flawed digital identity infrastructure, says Bianca Lopes, our guest on the latest New Money Review podcast, we can expect repeat after repeat of crises like Covid-19. Digital ID is how we recognise people and things online. It’s how we know who we’re dealing with. ID systems also determine our money systems. To understand digital identity, we need to start by remembering that our biological make-up plays a big role in determining the way we assess and interact with the out...

The global cryptoasset market is growing fast, but it’s one of the most opaque areas of finance. Now the world’s academic institutions are gearing up to map the sector. The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), part of the university’s Judge Business School, has established itself as one of the main cryptoasset research hubs. In the latest New Money Review podcast, Paul Amery, editor of New Money Review, interviews Apolline Blandin, the leader of CCAF’s crypto research team. Durin...

The global cryptoasset market is growing fast, but it’s one of the most opaque areas of finance. Now the world’s academic institutions are gearing up to map the sector. The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), part of the university’s Judge Business School, has established itself as one of the main cryptoasset research hubs. In the latest New Money Review podcast, Paul Amery, editor of New Money Review, interviews Apolline Blandin, the leader of CCAF’s crypto research team. Durin...

The global cryptoasset market is growing fast, but it’s one of the most opaque areas of finance. Now the world’s academic institutions are gearing up to map the sector. The Cambridge Centre for Alternative Finance (CCAF), part of the university’s Judge Business School, has established itself as one of the main cryptoasset research hubs. In the latest New Money Review podcast, Paul Amery, editor of New Money Review, interviews Apolline Blandin, the leader of CCAF’s crypto research team. Durin...

When looking at financial markets, we should pay more attention to the physical stuff—the cables, boxes, chips and code—without which those markets wouldn’t exist. That’s because the money infrastructure has a huge impact on the way society and politics function. In the words of John Handel, our interviewee on the latest New Money Review podcast, “technical details are never just technical details”. Handel, a financial historian, works at the University of California in Berkeley. And as cash ...

When looking at financial markets, we should pay more attention to the physical stuff—the cables, boxes, chips and code—without which those markets wouldn’t exist. That’s because the money infrastructure has a huge impact on the way society and politics function. In the words of John Handel, our interviewee on the latest New Money Review podcast, “technical details are never just technical details”. Handel, a financial historian, works at the University of California in Berkeley. And as cash ...

When looking at financial markets, we should pay more attention to the physical stuff—the cables, boxes, chips and code—without which those markets wouldn’t exist. That’s because the money infrastructure has a huge impact on the way society and politics function. In the words of John Handel, our interviewee on the latest New Money Review podcast, “technical details are never just technical details”. Handel, a financial historian, works at the University of California in Berkeley. And as cash ...

Bitcoin is a live, multi-billion-dollar experiment involving tens of millions of willing participants. It’s also a case study in game theory, the field of science that studies the interactions between decision makers whose choices affect each other. These are the central arguments of Hasu, the pseudonymous German cryptocurrency researcher who is our guest on the latest episode of the New Money Review podcast. According to Hasu, Satoshi Nakamoto’s 11-year old cryptocurrency is remarkable for i...

Bitcoin is a live, multi-billion-dollar experiment involving tens of millions of willing participants. It’s also a case study in game theory, the field of science that studies the interactions between decision makers whose choices affect each other. These are the central arguments of Hasu, the pseudonymous German cryptocurrency researcher who is our guest on the latest episode of the New Money Review podcast. According to Hasu, Satoshi Nakamoto’s 11-year old cryptocurrency is remarkable for i...

Bitcoin is a live, multi-billion-dollar experiment involving tens of millions of willing participants. It’s also a case study in game theory, the field of science that studies the interactions between decision makers whose choices affect each other. These are the central arguments of Hasu, the pseudonymous German cryptocurrency researcher who is our guest on the latest episode of the New Money Review podcast. According to Hasu, Satoshi Nakamoto’s 11-year old cryptocurrency is remarkable for i...

More and more of us communicate using digital platforms like Facebook, WhatsApp, Twitter, Instagram and TikTok. And soon, social media will become indistinguishable from money, says Lana Swartz, our interviewee in the latest New Money Review podcast. This is because money is best understood as a messaging system, says Swartz, an assistant professor of media studies at the University of Virginia and the author of a new book called ‘New Money: how payment became social media’. As an academic, S...