Imagine your payment for a product doesn’t go through until a third party confirms the item meets certain criteria — carbon footprint, ‘ethical sourcing’, regulatory compliance… whatever. Not a voluntary check you choose to make, but a programmed condition built into the payment itself| escapekey.substack.com
How carbon-backed CBDCs will come to be| escapekey.substack.com
The Bank for International Settlements’ innovation projects look like financial infrastructure.| The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
In 2025, three US policy shifts quietly transformed government into an adaptive governance engine.| The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
Cross the Fabian Society’s In Tandem, ‘Positive Money’, and the BIS Innovation Hub’s Project Rosalind and what do you get?| The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
The six rails frequently discussed on this substack represent the operational implementation of three foundational frameworks originally developed to understand and manipulate complex systems: General Systems Theory, Input-Output Analysis, and Cybernetics| The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
A birds-eye view synthesis of intellectual and political history| The price of freedom is eternal vigilance.
A phrase commonly attributed to both Rothschild and Rockefeller.| escapekey.substack.com
Starting in 2024, the European Union will implement a new regulation requiring nearly all products sold| data.europa.eu
A CBDC is virtual money created by a central bank. As cryptocurrencies and stablecoins become popular, central banks provide alternatives| Atlantic Council
