Re: [silk] Libra

2019-07-08 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Sat, Jun 22, 2019 at 7:25 PM Srini RamaKrishnan wrote: [...] > Cui bono? https://www.ft.com/content/7f4c362e-9e73-11e9-b8ce-8b459ed04726 The fracturing of the global economic consensus A three-way tussle between free markets, state capitalism and the tech giants is brewing RANA FOROOHAR

Re: [silk] Libra

2019-06-22 Thread Srini RamaKrishnan
On Fri, 21 Jun, 2019, 6:51 PM Peter Griffin, wrote: > What do you folks think of the Libra cyptocurrency? Cui bono? Regardless of the merits of the currency I see this as one more step in the inevitable shift in power from governments to corporations. Large corporations already dictate foreign

[silk] Libra

2019-06-21 Thread Peter Griffin
What do you folks think of the Libra cyptocurrency? I read this explainer, via Udhay - https://techcrunch.com/2019/06/18/facebook-libra/ - some of which flew at a considerable height over my head. I was wondering what the implications could be for places like India. (Be kind and use small words