Week 9 DB: Balancing the budget, The gold standard...The Federal Reserve, Austerity, and BitcoinMust post first.

Pick two questions from the topics below to post on and also ask a question to the class.

1. Check out this Ted Talk: The Future of Money. Would you buy into the bitcoin/crypto world? What is the future of our currency?

2. What role does the Federal Reserve play in our economy and is it a good thing?

3. Should we have a balanced budget amendment? Please discuss the consequences in your answer and support your opinion with data.

4. Should we go back to the gold standard? Why or why not.

5. Ask a question...

What can be counterproductive is to post a viewpoint that is a snipe from pundits from either side of the debate without supporting data. Please, when you post your answers provide data supporting your ideas and cite references.