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Principles for Regulation in Crypto

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By Peter Conti-Brown, James Blume
| upenn.edu
By Peter Conti-Brown The collapse of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX empire – and his subsequent arrest in the Bahamas in response to a request from the US Department of Justice – has dominated regulatory discussions about crytpo, finance, and much else. But as tumultuous and distracting as the FTX drama has been – and the sex, drugs, and philosophically-inflected altruism of it all certainly make a great story – the dominance of crypto on financial regulatory discussions is not new.
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Book Review: The Long Shadow of Default: Britain’s Unpaid War Debts to the United States, 1917-2020 by David James Gill

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By Max Harris, James Blume
| upenn.edu
By Max Harris In 2014, during the centenary of the First World War, Her Majesty’s Treasury announced that Britain would repay its outstanding debts from that tragic conflict. The Allies had long since defeated the Kaiser, but Britain was still spending millions of pounds in interest every year on those age-old borrowings. Repaying (more accurately, refinancing) the remaining debt would not only strengthen the fisc but also, officials hoped, demonstrate London’s credibility.
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Book Review: An Exchange Rate History of the United Kingdom, 1945-1992 by Alain Naef

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By Max Harris, James Blume
| upenn.edu
By Max Harris Exchange rate management is once again in the headlines. The dollar is strong, inflation is rampant, and policymakers around the world are trying to get a grip. Emerging market economies have spent billions to curb depreciation. Advanced economies are feeling the heat as well. In September, Japan’s finance ministry intervened in foreign exchange markets to bolster the yen, Tokyo’s first support operation in decades.
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