Topic: Jim Rickards endorses Bitcoin (Read 6632 times)
We care what this guy thinks why?
He is old...
The only thing he does is give arguments why bitcoin is no good. And if he points to nice qualities, it is followed with a 'but'.
That is being anti bitcoin.
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I could not disagree more. To me being critical is being pro-{whatever}, or is at least a strong part of it. This means that one has taken enough of an interest to study and consider all aspects of the something. I've got no use for slavish fan-boys of anything. I consider some of the harshest critics of the U.S. to be the biggest patriots, for instance.
I spoke with Jim Rickards at a conference last month, we were both speakers there. He said he's not anti-bitcoin, he just points to the risks. My impression was that he's a pragmatist. I don't know if he's libertarian but I don't think he's a big fan of the state.
so believing in Bitcoin is not being pragmatic?
that's not right either.
i think bitcoin is beter spme curency
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I spoke with Jim Rickards at a conference last month, we were both speakers there. He said he's not anti-bitcoin, he just points to the risks. My impression was that he's a pragmatist. I don't know if he's libertarian but I don't think he's a big fan of the state.
The only thing he does is give arguments why bitcoin is no good. And if he points to nice qualities, it is followed with a 'but'.
That is being anti bitcoin.
It could be worse though if he were to reject it outright, not giving it any airtime, like several other reputable goldbugs do.
Author of 'Currency Wars', oh irony.
I spoke with Jim Rickards at a conference last month, we were both speakers there. He said he's not anti-bitcoin, he just points to the risks. My impression was that he's a pragmatist. I don't know if he's libertarian but I don't think he's a big fan of the state.
How does he think treasury should run the us dollar
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/12/more-madness-from-bill-still-and-his.htmlno rickards on that page
we're talking about Karl Denninger.
How does he think treasury should run the us dollar
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/12/more-madness-from-bill-still-and-his.htmlno rickards on that page
How does he think treasury should run the us dollar
http://www.economicpolicyjournal.com/2011/12/more-madness-from-bill-still-and-his.html
How does he think treasury should run the us dollar
what makes u think he hates gold?
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He bans anyone who mentions gold in any forum area except one set aside as a ghetto for precious metal discussions. ?what makes u think he hates gold??
?he's penned many anti-gold pieces.
what makes u think he hates gold??
? Yea I used to read him back in the day but he is such an authoritarian that I stopped. His writing style is very aggressive but he uses asterisks to remove the profanity which I find to be ironic. As if hatred is cool but a word isn't. Thanks for putting this criticism into words.
lol nice well said
i don't get the part about him being an extreme authoritarian when he criticizes everything about gov't vehemently?
He criticizes the government when it doesn't do what he wants it to do (which is most of the time).Because of that, he comes across as a libertarian.
Find one of his hot button issues though and he'll just start raving. Undocumented immigrants, for example. Muslims are another.
It also shows up in the manner in which he administers the forum, especially how he handles dissenting viewpoints and evidence that contradicts his positions on hot button issues.
If you look in depth at his proposals he advocates, he wants an MMT monetary system that's controlled by the Treasury instead of the Fed, with the Secretary of the Treasury acting as a central planner in charge of all bank loan policies and currency issuance.
The existence of Bitcoin threatens that vision.
i do know that he is an authoritarian on his own forum. he doesn't tolerate any dissent.
he also hates gold. i guess he rubbed off on me. no wonder he hates Bitcoin too.
Yea I used to read him back in the day but he is such an authoritarian that I stopped. His writing style is very aggressive but he uses asterisks to remove the profanity which I find to be ironic. As if hatred is cool but a word isn't. Thanks for putting this criticism into words.
i don't get the part about him being an extreme authoritarian when he criticizes everything about gov't vehemently?
He criticizes the government when it doesn't do what he wants it to do (which is most of the time).Because of that, he comes across as a libertarian.
Find one of his hot button issues though and he'll just start raving. Undocumented immigrants, for example. Muslims are another.
It also shows up in the manner in which he administers the forum, especially how he handles dissenting viewpoints and evidence that contradicts his positions on hot button issues.
If you look in depth at his proposals he advocates, he wants an MMT monetary system that's controlled by the Treasury instead of the Fed, with the Secretary of the Treasury acting as a central planner in charge of all bank loan policies and currency issuance.
The existence of Bitcoin threatens that vision.
i do know that he is an authoritarian on his own forum. he doesn't tolerate any dissent.
he also hates gold. i guess he rubbed off on me. no wonder he hates Bitcoin too.
i don't get the part about him being an extreme authoritarian when he criticizes everything about gov't vehemently?
He criticizes the government when it doesn't do what he wants it to do (which is most of the time).Because of that, he comes across as a libertarian.
Find one of his hot button issues though and he'll just start raving. Undocumented immigrants, for example. Muslims are another.
It also shows up in the manner in which he administers the forum, especially how he handles dissenting viewpoints and evidence that contradicts his positions on hot button issues.
If you look in depth at his proposals he advocates, he wants an MMT monetary system that's controlled by the Treasury instead of the Fed, with the Secretary of the Treasury acting as a central planner in charge of all bank loan policies and currency issuance.
The existence of Bitcoin threatens that vision.
I could have seen Denninger going either way. He disappointed me by being close-minded in spite of the fact that he has the technical skills to understand the system readily.
Denninger understands Bitcoin extremely well - I made sure of that when I was an active and long-time member of his forum.He opposes Bitcoin because he understands it.
The man is an extreme authoritarian and dislikes Bitcoin because he sees the potential it has to free people from centrally-planned money.
i used to read him everyday and was a member of his forum for a while.
i don't get the part about him being an extreme authoritarian when he criticizes everything about gov't vehemently?
I could have seen Denninger going either way. He disappointed me by being close-minded in spite of the fact that he has the technical skills to understand the system readily.
Denninger understands Bitcoin extremely well - I made sure of that when I was an active and long-time member of his forum.He opposes Bitcoin because he understands it.
The man is an extreme authoritarian and dislikes Bitcoin because he sees the potential it has to free people from centrally-planned money.
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