
Peter Zeihan: Why Do the Democrats Keep Losing Ground?
The future of the Democratic Party in the US isn’t looking too bright. When strategy and targeting don’t change for over half a century, I…
Thought Leader: Peter Zeihan
By Sheila Bair (Original source Yahoo Finance)
“With its recent proposal to create a new global cryptocurrency called “Libra,” Facebook (FB) saw a market opportunity to provide a faster way to process payments.
Anyone who has ever waited for a check to clear knows that process can take days. While the need for faster payments is real, Facebook’s ambition met with a firestorm of resistance primarily because few trust it to be a responsible steward of such an important financial function.
But are big banks any more trustworthy? They have also been trying to build a new, faster payments system to dominate the way we move money among one another. Amid growing concern from smaller banks and financial technology companies over how they might wield such power, the Federal Reserve has rightly decided to step in with its own system.
The Fed steps in where the private sector failed to deliver”
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Peter Zeihan: Why Do the Democrats Keep Losing Ground?
The future of the Democratic Party in the US isn’t looking too bright. When strategy and targeting don’t change for over half a century, I…
Thought Leader: Peter Zeihan
Peter Goodman: His Start-Up May Not Survive Trump’s Tariffs
A sourdough baker turned entrepreneur in North Carolina has delayed his new product as he contemplates the prospect that higher costs will doom his company.…
Thought Leader: Peter Goodman
Patrick McGee: Is Tim Cook the Right or Risky Choice for Apple?
Deepwater’s Gene Munster and author of ‘Apple in China’ Patrick McGee, join ‘The Exchange’ to discuss whether Apple needs a new CEO and what needs…
Thought Leader: Patrick McGee