SEACEN Podcast

Ole and Mark talk about altcoins and compare them to bitcoin. They also talk about permissioned vs. permissionless, blockchain, and plug our upcoming Policy Summit in May 2018!

Dr. Rummel and Mark kick off the new year by recapping the topics we covered in the podcasts we did in 2018, including some clips from the various interviews we conducted. Also a sneak preview of next month's podcast!

Errata: During the recording of this podcast, Mark McKenzie incorrectly made reference to a “recent IMF Paper” between 20.16 – 20.20 mins, 24.30-20.34 mins and 32.56-33.00 mins. Please note the correct reference is: Bank for International Settlements (BIS) Working Papers No 765 “ Beyond the doomsday economics of “proof-of-work” in cryptocurrencies” by Raphael Auer of Monetary and Economic Department published in January 2019. The paper is available at https://www.bis.org/publ/work765.htm

Sound credits:

Initial 7 seconds of "We're back online"  by Kaptin_Random, from Freesound.org (https://freesound.org/people/Kaptin_Random/)used under the following Creative Commons license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/legalcode) Intro music from Accelerated Ideas (http://www.accelerated-ideas.com/freemusictracks/aisearchtracks.aspx?stxt=intro)

Glenn Tasky speaks to Dr. William K Black, Associate Professor of Economics & Law at the University of Missouri-Kansas City, and author of "The Best Way to Rob a Bank is to Own One". Dr. Black describes the epidemic of “control frauds,” massive frauds at banks that are orchestrated at the highest levels (directors and senior officers). Control frauds were rampant in the United States in the 1980s and have also existed in many other countries. He also discusses the potential for whistleblowing to alert regulators and other authorities about frauds occurring in banks before they get completely out of control.

Dr. Ole Rummel speaks to Pierre Siklos, SEACEN Visiting Scholar and Professor of Economics from Wilfrid Laurier University about Central Banks and Central Banking.

Ole and Mark talk to Umar Faruqui from the CPMI and Chackan Lai of Visa on opportunities around new technologies and challenges for policymakers as well as how they can respond.

Dr. Ole Rummel speaks with Dr. Rogelio Mercado, Jr, the chief author of the new publication, The SEACEN Capital Flows Monitor; which is available now, for free at www.seacen.org

Dr. Ole Rummel and Mark McKenzie chat with Dr. Jean Pierre Landau, who has served as the Executive Director of the IMF and World Bank and now with the Economic Department of Sciences Po, Paris.

Dr. Ole Rummel chats with Prof. Sebastian Edwards, author of "American Default".

Dr. Ole Rummel and Mark McKenzie talk about the need for regulating Cryptocurrencies and Initial Coin Offerings (ICOs).

Mark McKenzie and Dr Ole Rummel of the SEACEN Centre share their views and insights on Bitcoin, its price dynamics and possible policy responses by regulators.