Q&A: Niall Ferguson on the COVID Pandemic, Inflation and Crypto

<p>On today's episode of The Blockchain.com Podcast our CEO, Peter Smith, and Head of Research, Garrick Hileman, host Niall Ferguson. Niall is currently a Senior Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution and the author of 16 books, including a new book titled <em>Doom</em>. &nbsp;</p> <p>During their conversation, the three discussed a range of topics including,</p> <ul> <li>What historical period may be most relevant to understanding if the current inflationary price pressures are transitory or something more troubling</li> <li>What impact inflation could have on markets</li> <li>The significance of El Salvador making Bitcoin legal tender and what's happening with crypto adoption throughout Latin America</li> <li>The latest of China's crypto crackdown and why policymakers around the world are struggling to develop a grand strategy for regulating crypto</li> <li>And why many macro economists keep getting crypto wrong&nbsp;</li> </ul>