Jan M. Fijor

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How a CBDC Created Chaos and Poverty in Nigeria

09/01/2023 Mises Wire Jan M. Fijor

It is no coincidence that Nigeria, with a population of over two hundred million, became the first serious global testing ground for central bank digital currencies (CBDC) implementation. Not only is...

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How a CBDC Created Chaos and Poverty in Nigeria

09/27/2023 Jan M. Fijor

The Nigerian government should have seen the economic disaster the eNaira would cause. They didn’t, and chaos and rioting followed.

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