Sociologist Jodie Bruning has produced a paper, ‘Don’t Be Mislead - Judging the Risk From Central Bank Digital Currencies in Isolation is a Rookie Mistake’.
That paper is associated with a much bigger, ninety page production, regarding democratic risks that arise when Digital ID’s are coupled with CBDC's.
It’s an area where most of us are ill-informed, which if concerned about your personal sovereignty we should not be.
This is an important issue for all of us.
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