<p>Bob Murphy spoke about Bitcoin in his Reddit Ask Me Anything video <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyUNdzLwte4&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player" rel="nofollow">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyUNdzLwte4&amp;feature=youtube_gdata_player</a> 
He commented in relation to regression theorem. Many Austrian economists believe that Bitcoin violates Mises' regression theory, as if Von Mises  was supposed to predict computationally ensured persistent logical objects...</p>

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2012-06-24T19:22:13.730Z
2012-06-24T19:22:13.730Z
Piotr Witold Von Banas
<p>Planet Money on NPR did a story about bitcoin a while back: <a href="http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/13/137795648/the-tuesday-podcast-bitcoin" rel="nofollow">http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/13/137795648/the-tuesday-podcast-bitcoin</a></p>

<p>They spoke to a few economists in there. </p>

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2012-06-22T11:04:02.103Z
2012-06-22T11:04:02.103Z
Zachary K
<p>You can read George Selgin, a free banking advocate. Make sure to download the paper, not just the abstract.</p>

<p><a href="http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2000118" rel="nofollow">http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2000118</a></p>

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2012-05-22T18:55:55.883Z
2012-05-22T18:55:55.883Z
Cesar
<p>Russ Roberts interviews Gavin:</p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2011/04/andresen_on_bit.html" rel="nofollow">http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2011/04/andresen_on_bit.html</a></li>
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2012-06-25T11:03:31.543Z
2012-06-25T11:03:31.543Z
Stephen Gornick
<p>Paul Krugman, who is apparently the "<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krugman">17th most widely cited economist in the world today</a>", wrote this article in Sep 2011:
<a href="http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/golden-cyberfetters/">http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/golden-cyberfetters/</a></p>

<p>Personally, I'm not convinced that Krugman fully understands Bitcoin though (after all, it has substantially different properties to other money), and I'm not the only one. Some responses to his comments are here: </p>

<ul>
<li><a href="http://presentcynosure.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/krugmans-bitcoin-error/">http://presentcynosure.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/krugmans-bitcoin-error/</a></li>
<li><a href="http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2011/09/paul-krugman-incites-bitcoin-cyber-geek-infighting/42188/">http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2011/09/paul-krugman-incites-bitcoin-cyber-geek-infighting/42188/</a></li>
</ul>

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2012-05-22T03:53:07.293Z
2012-05-22T03:53:07.293Z
Highly Irregular
<p>Have there been any articles or presentations about Bitcoins in any influential or respected economic websites or perhaps interviews with notable economists?</p>

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How do economists view Bitcoin?
ThePiachu
# How do economists view Bitcoin?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-05-21)

Have there been any articles or presentations about Bitcoins in any influential or respected economic websites or perhaps interviews with notable economists?

**Tags:** bitcoin-economy, economic-theory, news-coverage


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## 5 answers

### Answer by username_5 on 2012-05-22. Score: 5 | Accepted answer

Paul Krugman, who is apparently the "[17th most widely cited economist in the world today](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paul_Krugman)", wrote this article in Sep 2011:
<http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/09/07/golden-cyberfetters/>

Personally, I'm not convinced that Krugman fully understands Bitcoin though (after all, it has substantially different properties to other money), and I'm not the only one. Some responses to his comments are here:

* <http://presentcynosure.wordpress.com/2011/09/10/krugmans-bitcoin-error/>
* <http://www.theatlanticwire.com/business/2011/09/paul-krugman-incites-bitcoin-cyber-geek-infighting/42188/>


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### Answer by username_1 on 2012-06-24. Score: 3

Bob Murphy spoke about Bitcoin in his Reddit Ask Me Anything video <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyUNdzLwte4&feature=youtube_gdata_player>
He commented in relation to regression theorem. Many Austrian economists believe that Bitcoin violates Mises' regression theory, as if Von Mises was supposed to predict computationally ensured persistent logical objects...


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### Answer by username_2 on 2012-06-22. Score: 0

Planet Money on NPR did a story about bitcoin a while back: <http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2011/07/13/137795648/the-tuesday-podcast-bitcoin>

They spoke to a few economists in there.


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### Answer by username_3 on 2012-05-22. Score: 0

You can read George Selgin, a free banking advocate. Make sure to download the paper, not just the abstract.

<http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2000118>


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### Answer by username_4 on 2012-06-25. Score: 0

Russ Roberts interviews Gavin:

* <http://www.econtalk.org/archives/2011/04/andresen_on_bit.html>


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