What's the impact of negative interest rates on the functioning of our society? Why does the European Digital Identity and the Digital Euro threaten our financial freedom?

Recurrent guest Arno Wellens, financial and investigative journalist, shares why he's worried about the politicisation of the financial system and how the European Digital Identity coupled with negative interest rates and a Digital Euro can become a threat to our individual sovereignty.

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🗓️ Recording date: 17/12/21

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⏰ Topics ⏰
00:00 Intro
02:21 What is the Digital European Identity?
07:03 Problem with the Digital European Identity
09:30 Loss of national sovereignty
11:40 Centralised power, EU taxes & integration
14:59 QR code as the new European Passport
17:30 Risks of the European Digital Identity
24:11 Politicisation of finance
26:26 Zero lower bound & monetary policy transmission
34:07 The problem of negative interest rates
42:42 Western democracies getting worse than China?
45:02 European social credit system?
47:01 Covid19: the financial trojan horse?
52:04 From European Union to European Federalisation
57:16 Outro

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