Tue. 02/08 - Wine Bricks To The Rescue + Decoding Dickens & Digital Dollars

<p><strong><em>Is a national digital currency coming to the US? And what would that look like? Plus, coders have teamed up with scholars of British literature to decode Charles Dickens’s secret notes. And the very clever wine bricks from the Prohibition Era that helped keep the wine industry afloat.</em></strong></p><p>Sponsor:</p><ul><li>Indeed, Get a free $75 credit at <a href="http://indeed.com/goodnews" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Indeed.com/goodnews</a></li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.npr.org/2022/02/06/1072406109/digital-dollar-federal-reserve-apple-pay-venmo-cbdc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">The US is debating whether to adopt a digital dollar</a> (NPR)</li><li><a href="https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2022-02-01/a-u-s-digital-dollar-should-serve-the-public-not-banks" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">A US Digital Dollar Should Serve the Public, Not Banks</a> (Bloomberg)</li><li><a href="https://www.cnbc.com/2022/01/20/fed-releases-long-awaited-study-on-a-digital-dollar-but-doesnt-take-a-position-yet-on-creating-one.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Fed releases long-awaited study on a digital dollar but doesn't take a position yet on creating one</a> (CNBC)</li><li><a href="https://www.federalreserve.gov/apps/forms/cbdc" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) Feedback Form</a> (Federal Reserve Board)</li><li><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/08/books/charles-dickens-secret-notes.html" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Decoding Dickens’s Secret Notes to Himself, One Symbol at a Time</a> (NY Times)</li><li><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/books/2022/feb/07/wordle-crack-dickens-code-it-worker-california-shorthand-love-deciphering" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Forget Wordle! Can you crack the Dickens Code? An IT worker from California just did</a> (The Guardian)</li><li><a href="https://dickenscode.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Dicken