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Dr. Nimi Wariboko: global currency, bitcoin, and the international lender of last resort

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Dr. Nimi Wariboko is the Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics at the Boston University School of Theology, and the author of well over a dozen books.  In this April 27th, 2021 interview with Adam Reese, he discusses his argument for a global currency, the subject of his 2008 book God and Money.  He also talks cryptocurrency and reacts to Yanis Varoufakis's proposal for a global currency (a proposal published in response to Facebook's 2019 announcement—since walked back in various ways—that it would roll out a global payments network centered around its own cryptocurrency-like token.) Ofiɔ̃ Media's logo was designed by the artist Ratty GH, who works on a freelance basis and can be contacted at [email protected]

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Dr. Nimi Wariboko is the Walter G. Muelder Professor of Social Ethics at the Boston University School of Theology, and the author of well over a dozen books.  In this April 27th, 2021 interview with Adam Reese, he discusses his argument for a global currency, the subject of his 2008 book God and Money. 



He also talks cryptocurrency and reacts to Yanis Varoufakis's proposal for a global currency (a proposal published in response to Facebook's 2019 announcement—since walked back in various ways—that it would roll out a global payments network centered around its own cryptocurrency-like token.)



Ofiɔ̃ Media's logo was designed by the artist Ratty GH, who works on a freelance basis and can be contacted at [email protected]
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