The US should not issue a CBDC (central bank digital currency) because the US is currently winning the global financial system and changing the rules of the game when you're winning is unwise; the currency itself is less important than treasury bill markets and interest rate setting, and having a single CBDC creates tail risk where one operational failure could paralyze everything.

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Speaker

Kenneth Rogoff

Evidence Quote

Why do you want to change the rules of the game when we're winning?

Source

Kenneth Rogoff on Monetary Moves, Fiscal Gambits, and Classical Chess | Conversations with TylerMercatus Center
Created: 8/11/2026, 7:10:38 AM

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