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How Fides Would Have Stabilized the 2008 Financial Crisis
Those of us who lived through the 2008 ‘Great Recession’ learned some hard lessons about how the economy really works. Here I’d like to compare what actually happened…
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Why Fides Isn’t UBI—But It Beats UBI on Every Metric That Matters
In a world grappling with inequality, stagnant wages, and economic instability, one idea often surfaces as potential a fix: Universal Basic…
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Is the United States a Capitalist Country?
The short answer is no. We haven’t been capitalist by the classical definition since August 15, 1971. That was the day…
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Why would I want to own the National Debt?
This is perhaps the most important question to dissect when discussing Fides Currency. We have all certainly heard that the National…
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How Would Government Spending Work Under Fides?
Under Fides, government spending doesn’t disappear. It just becomes instantly, painfully, gloriously transparent to every single voter. Because every new dollar…
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What is the difference between fiat and fides currency?
Fiat (Latin: fiat – “let it be done”)An imperative. A command.From the same root as “fiat lux” — “let there be…
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Economic Insights: What Makes Fides Unique?
1. The Three Historical Schools and Their Fatal Flaws School Core Insight (kept in Fides) Fatal Flaw (eliminated in Fides) Classical…
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Myths & Mechanisms: Why Fides Isn’t What You Think
The Fides Currency model draws fire from two camps: the idealists who dismiss it as armchair philosophy, and the cynics who…