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The Boiling Frog

Martin Enlund
9/26/24

The boiling frog is a simple tale that illustrates the danger of gradual change: if you put a frog in boiling water, it will quickly jump out to escape the heat.

On the weaponisation of the financial system

8/30/24

The root problem with conventional currency is all the trust that’s required to make it work.

Who will guard the search engines?

Martin Enlund
8/30/24

How search engines operate should be considered of great importance by anyone who claims to take democracy seriously, regardless of one’s political sympathies.

Why is counterfeiting problematic? Most respondents to such a question would likely come up with the following answers: 1) it could undermine trust in the financial system, 2) counterfeit money could fund criminal activities, 3) counterfeit money could cause inflation.

Central bankers talk the talk, but fail to walk the walk

Martin Enlund
4/8/24

Trust is a topic increasingly being discussed. Whether it is trust in each other, in the media, or in our authorities, trust is generally seen as a cornerstone of a strong and well-functioning society.

The colour of the cat doesn't matter

Martin Enlund
3/31/24

Jerome Powell, Chairman of the US Federal Reserve, stated during a hearing in March that the central bank has no plans to introduce a central bank digital currency (CBDCs) or consider it necessary at present.

Bitcoin and the waterwheel

Martin Enlund
3/31/24

Biologist Stuart Kauffman introduced the concept of the “adjacent possible” in evolutionary biology in 1996 .

Pride comes before a fall

Martin Enlund
3/31/24

The Governor of the Swedish Central Bank, Erik Thedéen, recently expressed significant skepticism about Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies as a phenomenon, dismissing Bitcoin as “an instrument for pure speculation.

KYC is the real terror

Martin Enlund
3/21/24

It has become increasingly evident that our financial system has started undermine our constitutionally guaranteed freedoms and rights .

You will have no freedom, and be happy

Martin Enlund
2/5/23

Did you know that the Riksbank, the Swedish central bank, decided last year to burn 2.

CBDCs - utopia, dystopia, or both?

Martin Enlund
11/17/22

“What is going on!?” my three-year-old exlaimed at the breakfast table the other day.

Is fiat money really money?

Martin Enlund
11/7/22

Truth be told, investing legend Hugh Hendry had a point when he recently said that “central bankers don’t understand money, they only pretend”.

Is the US about to experience a new 'Great Disorder'?

Martin Enlund
4/8/22

US inflation has recently been surging and is now “trotting”.