The Covid-19 public health emergency, and economic fallout bring into sharp focus the weaknesses in our economy and financial system. With control of our money and payments system increasingly concentrated in a small number of private banks, we are particularly vulnerable to the threat of a future financial crisis. This has led to growing calls for a Central Bank Digital Currency as a way of maintaining trust in the monetary system, by securing a public digital means of payment.

This webinar will present Positive Money’s new report, ‘Money we Trust’, and bring together experts and thinkers to discuss different aspects of CBDC design and implementation. We will also explore the arguments for and against accelerating its implementation in response to economic and financial instability resulting from the Covid-19 crisis.

The panel discussion will feature a presentation by the report's co-author Zack Livingstone, followed by response from the panel and an audience Q&A.

Featuring

Izabella Kaminska: Editor, Financial Times Alphaville blog

Frances Coppola: Financial commentator and author, ‘The Case For People’s Quantitative Easing’

Rohan Grey: Founder & President, the Modern Money Network

Fran Boait: Executive Director, Positive Money

Zack Livingstone: report co-author, Positive Money

(Additional speakers TBC)

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