Former BoE economist and author Dan Davies joins us to talk about Central Bank Digital Currencies, programmable money, and the ongoing quest of central banks to hoard more power. Also, we unlock the details of Starmer’s pledge to make the U.K. the fastest growing economy in the G7 by luck or possibly magic, but without significant investment in state capacity building.

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*PREVIEW* Britcoin: A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Come feat. Dan Davies

PREVIEW Britcoin: A Bad Idea Whose Time Has Come feat. Dan Davies