| 单词 | fiat |
| 例句 | They climbed the ridge from which Tally had first looked down on the settlement, and David led her along it to a cool, fiat outcrop of stone where a view opened up between the trees. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z “Yeah. He came fiat out and said he wasn’t going to sell the junk.” The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z The huge stableboy put both hands fiat on the door, pushed, and grunted. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z Finally, Compton settled the argument by fiat: the pile would move to Chicago. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z Then the monstrous red thing, bounded across the neck and he flung himself fiat while the tribe shrieked. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z The next morning, all I wanted to do was stretch out fiat on the couch, watch a few hours of the Hearth & Home Network, and then get back to my craft room. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z His light brown frizzy hair was scrupulously brushed, and parted by fiat. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The question caught me by surprise; I had been waiting for a fiat, and now a choice lay before me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z The ancient, giant mahogany trees, all the trees, the game, everything of the forest was being destroyed, and the land was forced to lie fiat, he said, and bare as the palm of his hand. The Color Purple 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Today the AT is a wilderness by design—actually, by fiat, since many of the properties Shaffer passed were later compulsorily purchased and quietly returned to woodland. A Walk in the Woods 1997-11-01T00:00:00Z They came to the fiat top where the rock was hard to hands and knees. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Idly looking beyond the fire, he resettled the scattered rocks from their fiat shadows into daylight contours. Lord of the Flies 1954-09-17T00:00:00Z Swift, the militarized police force of American pop stars, moves the needle by fiat. Taylor Swift smooths out the wrinkles on sleek '1989' 2014-10-27T04:00:00Z It was a bland fiat that had the simple finality of fate. Rosh Hashanah with Miles Davis 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Depoliticizing a federal board through executive fiat is a political act and a stern kind of medicine, but if done right, it could yield a healthier institution. Perspective | With most Trump appointees off the fine arts commission, Biden can put a progressive stamp on federal architecture 2021-05-25T04:00:00Z The fight bears the hallmarks of Italian life: powerful unions holding fast to long-held privileges, a struggle between local and central control, and seemingly wrongheaded fiats from Rome. Strikes Silence Italy?s Opera Houses 2010-05-04T23:05:00Z Rather than by fiat, she seemed inclined to convince with a good idea or a creative suggestion. Anna Wintour and Tina Brown: Inside their Condé Nast rivalry 2019-09-21T04:00:00Z But what is clear is that this debate is supposed to be settled through the democratic process in Congress – not through executive fiat by the IRS. The IRS Employer Mandate Loophole 2012-08-06T05:58:22Z Plot overrules character, and change occurs by fiat. 'Bright Star' at the Ahmanson: Bluegrass, tears and a big, vacuous smile 2017-10-23T04:00:00Z Larry is determined to set things right, handing out raises, new jobs and eliminating bad rules by fiat. 2010-02-06T07:37:00Z Magna Carta recognizes that even kings must defer to a “law of the land”; that justice emerges from procedure, not fiat; and that “free men” merited guarantees we would now call “rights.” Exhibition Review: ‘Records of Rights’ at the National Archives 2013-12-16T23:52:04Z But the more ambitious and serial TV became, the more jarring it was for a series to abruptly end, or worse, continue past its creative peak by fiat. ‘The Americans’ Finished? Thank You for Killing My Favorite Show 2016-05-26T04:00:00Z A single paragraph might offer us reflections on psychotropic fungus, German philosopher Gottfried Leibniz and fiat money. Review | Can anyone figure out what’s happening in Ned Beauman’s new comic novel? 2018-02-20T05:00:00Z And he’s threatened to declare a national emergency in order to get what he wants more or less by fiat. Smart Watch: "Valley of the Boom," "Corporate" returns, and "The Dictator's Playbook" on PBS 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z This is a question that — if answered in the affirmative — will set a dangerous legal precedent for gender discriminatory laws, and could establish de facto fetal personhood by judicial fiat. Tennessee woman may face a double prison sentence — just for being pregnant 2014-07-15T04:00:00Z Like “Late Night,” the 2019 movie which cast Emma Thompson as a powerful network television talk-show host, “Tár” doesn’t so much smash a glass ceiling as dissolve it by creative fiat. ‘Tár’ Review: A Maestro Faces the Music 2022-10-06T04:00:00Z Though Mr. Slimane’s men’s wear debut at Celine had clearly been deliberated, it was not done by committee or corporate fiat. Celine’s New Wave Man 2019-01-21T05:00:00Z As the music industry continues to change, its existing stars often attempt to latch onto emergent trends, through efforts that can easily seem forced or hatched by corporate fiat. David Crosby, a King of Twitter 2023-01-20T05:00:00Z The corresponding risk is of slackness, a sense of authorial fiat that weakens the integrity of any one inclusion. A Psychedelic Epic That Wants to Consume the World 2018-10-16T04:00:00Z And Khamenei, with the power granted him by virtue of his absolute guardianship, has by fiat declared a ban on normalized relations with the United States. What Has Gone Wrong Between Iran and the United States? 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z Van Houten has served a life sentence but repeated parole recommendations have been refused by political fiat given the case’s continued notoriety. John Waters: why the auteur of outrage won't joke about the Manson murders 2018-11-08T05:00:00Z In a fixed attitude of defiance against his own tyrannical father, Eugene decrees a life of enlightened autonomy for his son, unaware of the tyrannical nature of his fiats. James Lasdun reviews The Scientists: A Family Romance by Marco Roth 2013-02-16T09:01:01Z Not only are we bad at the job, and greedy, we also come to it by fiat. Picture Books for the Wild at Heart 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z And a fiat was issued that whisky would be spelled that way, even though the world splits between “whiskey” and “whisky.” 900 Pages of Drinking Wisdom, a Decade in the Making 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z It’s as if they sprung from a void, by fiat. Scene/ Seen: Sowing the Seeds of Culture 2011-02-18T12:00:05Z When Ms. Wickham arrived at the hospital that day, expecting to be married by bureaucratic fiat, her fiancé was nowhere to be found. Hospital Staff Turned Wedding Planners 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z Who knows, for example, whether some unanticipated global crisis will spur immigration or whether it will shrink by Congressional fiat. Books of The Times: A Nation 400 Million Strong 2010-02-25T23:00:00Z On one side are those who "communicate no basic regard for the Constitution," because they see democracy as an impediment to their own power and "a desire to impose cultural homogeneity by fiat." House Speaker fight certainly proves one thing: MAGA is still a death cult 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Pro-gun groups decried the action as an attempt to subvert the Second Amendment through executive fiat. Biden gives gun-control lobby what it wants: a new federal office dedicated to stopping gun violence 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Hobbyists and enthusiasts who collect numismatic currency will pay you a higher amount in fiat than the face value of your certificate. How Much Is A Dollar Silver Certificate Worth? 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Other elements include governments avoiding large deficits which can lead to inflation that dents fiat currencies and encourages substitutes such as cryptoassets, the paper said. IMF and regulators set out roadmap to contain crypto risks 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z Changing that requires voter approval, not just legislative fiat. Illinois is first state to eliminate cash bail, a penalty affecting low-income communities most 2023-07-19T04:00:00Z But as Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said in her dissent to the June decision: “With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces ‘colorblindness for all’ by legal fiat. Historically Black Colleges and Universities Have Affirmative Action Solutions. But They Need Help 2023-07-18T04:00:00Z “Our courts are the last line of defense against an administrative state that rules by fiat, legislates from the bench, stifling freedom and truth.” Ramaswamy Looks to Supreme Court in Effort to Appeal to Conservatives 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z If you have a silver certificate dollar bill in your possession, it may be worthwhile for you to check on its rarity before exchanging it for fiat currency. How Much Is A Dollar Silver Certificate Worth? 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z “It seems, in many cases, like you are hell-bent on enacting policies not by votes through the House of Representatives or in the Senate, but by fiat.” John Kerry brawls with GOP over China’s broken climate pledges, private jet use, office secrecy 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z "With let-them-eat-cake obliviousness, today, the majority pulls the ripcord and announces 'colorblindness for all' by legal fiat. But deeming race irrelevant in law does not make it so in life," she wrote. KBJ rips “let-them-eat-cake obliviousness” of affirmative action ruling — calls out Clarence Thomas 2023-06-29T04:00:00Z Even though authoritarian leaders may appear to rule by fiat, they all rely on coalitions of powerful elites to stay in power, analysts say. A Mutiny That Showed the Stress on Putin’s System of Rule 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z "The market is now pricing an ability to put a significant amount of fiat - if there is the volition to do so - into bitcoin, and that is such a significant development." Analysis: Fever over BlackRock's bitcoin fund faces chill of rate hikes and regulations 2023-06-26T04:00:00Z The value would now be based on government fiat. How Much Is A Dollar Silver Certificate Worth? 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z He has promised to go farther down the road of ruling by fiat than Trump would or could. DeSantis Campaign Uses Apparently Fake Images to Attack Trump on Twitter 2023-06-08T04:00:00Z “Ms. Khan now does so by fiat. Abuse of regulatory authority now substitutes for unfulfilled legislative desires,” she wrote. Comer launches probe into FTC Chair over allegations of abuse made by former commissioner 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Reflected tiles were forbidden “by fiat,” as the authors put it. With a New, Improved ‘Einstein,’ Puzzlers Settle a Math Problem 2023-06-01T04:00:00Z Tether is already the top performer among stablecoins -- digital tokens pegged to some fiat asset like the dollar -- and has seen its market value soar since March. Cryptoverse: Tether gets a lift from stability doubts 2023-05-09T04:00:00Z North Korea employs a sprawling network of currency traders, many working out of China, meant to convert stolen virtual currency into so-called fiat currencies, like dollars and euros. U.S. Indicts Four Men in Scheme to Launder Cryptocurrency for North Korea 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z As if awaiting the dawn of that first day of Creation, he intoned the promise of the possible: “The fiat of the Almighty, ‘Let there be Light,’ has not yet spent its force.” Faith in a better future for Israel endures beyond the fallibility of the moment | Op-Ed 2023-04-24T04:00:00Z "Some UK banks are blocking fiat payments to crypto companies which is not ok," Armstrong tweeted, referring to traditional currencies. Crypto firms will develop 'offshore' without clear US rules, Coinbase chief says 2023-04-18T04:00:00Z Kacsmaryk overshadowed a trusted system with the specter of a drug supply shaped by judicial fiat. A Bad Medication Abortion Decision Threatens the Future Availability of Drugs in the U.S. 2023-04-10T04:00:00Z He writes that while freedom can be taken by government fiat, it is essential if “we are to unite with the truth.” Higher Ground: If Jesus on the cross can forgive, so can we 2023-04-09T04:00:00Z The state’s Republicans say Justice Kelly is their last hope to ward off liberal tyranny by fiat. Wisconsin’s High-Stakes Supreme Court Race: What to Watch 2023-04-04T04:00:00Z And in each industry, the source of the problem was the same: a thick web of New Deal-vintage government controls that essentially set fares and schedules by fiat. Opinion | Democrats could learn a lot from Jimmy Carter’s anti-inflation efforts 2023-02-22T05:00:00Z The Japanese unit of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX said on Monday it would allow customers to withdraw deposits of fiat currency and crypto assets beginning Tuesday after months of suspension. Biden admin won't veto ITC's Apple Watch import ban ruling 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z The Japanese unit of failed cryptocurrency exchange FTX said on Monday it would allow customers to withdraw deposits of fiat currency and crypto assets beginning Tuesday after months of suspension. Microsoft inks Nvidia game deal to assuage regulators over Activision merger 2023-02-21T05:00:00Z His reticence about unilaterally spending, by executive fiat, about $400 billion perhaps reflected foreboding. Opinion | The Supreme Court finally gets a shot at Biden’s student-loan lawlessness 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z The automotive future is being determined not by Toyota but by fiat. Opinion | Industry’s last great electric-car skeptic accepts the inevitable 2023-02-01T05:00:00Z “The judiciary has no power to amend the Constitution by fiat,” it said in a court filing. Indiana’s top court hearing challenge to state abortion ban 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z “Pro-lifers also now relish the chance to actually debate the issues in a democratic, open context … as opposed to constantly running into the fiats of various courts,” he said. US divided over Roe’s repeal as abortion foes gird for march 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z All Coinbase Japan customers will have until Feb. 16 to withdraw their fiat and crypto holdings, the company said in a blog post. Crypto exchange Coinbase says to halt operations in Japan 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z This week, Abe Streep at the New York Times Magazine takes a deep dive into how Montana politics have been captured, through Republican leadership, by Christian nationalists who wish to impose their views by fiat. It's not just Trump: A sobering new report chronicles the extensive GOP war on democracy 2023-01-12T05:00:00Z When the chamber is closely divided and there is virtually no common ground between Democrats and Republicans, the alternative to legislating by leadership fiat may be getting nothing done at all. Opinion | What the House GOP rebels were right about 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z The provisions of the law are not applicable to digital currencies issued by central banks of any country or territory, whether so-called fiat currency issued by those banks or crypto-currencies. Salvadoran lawmakers pass digital asset issuance law in bitcoin haven 2023-01-11T05:00:00Z "There's no need to establish that what the customers ultimately bought with fiat currency was a security or commodity or whatever," said Mark Kasten, counsel at Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney in Philadelphia. Analysis: Bankman-Fried fraud charges sidestep debate over how U.S. law sees crypto 2023-01-09T05:00:00Z Both have operated from a sense that things begin and end by CEO fiat. Elon Musk and Donald Trump: 2 disrupters face a reckoning 2022-12-20T05:00:00Z “This now appears to be a fiat by an online platform CEO with a global presence that can gatekeep speech for the entire world.” Latest ‘Twitter Files’ reveal internal chaos as employees pressured executives to ban Trump 2022-12-12T05:00:00Z “This now appears to be a fiat by an online platform CEO with a global presence that can gatekeep speech for the entire world … ” Company executives bent the rules to ban Trump, newest ‘Twitter Files’ dump reveals 2022-12-11T05:00:00Z “This now appears to be a fiat by an online platform CEO with a global presence that can gatekeep speech for the entire world…” Twitter Files show top executive pushed for policy change to oust Trump 2022-12-10T05:00:00Z Infantino, however, insisted that all decisions, even those made late, and apparently influenced by royal fiat, were made jointly. On eve of World Cup, FIFA chief says, ‘Don’t criticize Qatar; criticize me.’ 2022-11-19T05:00:00Z “With inflation at a 40-year high and the national debt approaching record levels, we shouldn’t be adding to deficits – certainly not by executive fiat.” Biden bails water on his student loan bailout to kick off final roadshow before midterms 2022-11-03T04:00:00Z The pound volumes echoed similar instances of investors jumping into bitcoin when fiat money came under pressure, including in Russia and Ukraine this year. Cryptoverse: British pound fiasco boosts bitcoin's hedge appeal 2022-10-25T04:00:00Z And, it wrote, neither the 2012 ruling nor any other by a court “has suggested that otherwise presidential records may be rendered personal by fiat.” Trump Claims He Owns White House Pardon and Immigration Policy Records 2022-10-20T04:00:00Z “Mayor James Kenney is not permitted to regulate firearms by executive fiat, as he attempts here.” Judge strikes Philly’s local ban on guns at recreations centers, playgrounds 2022-10-04T04:00:00Z Zelensky referred derisively to Putin’s attempt to declare Russian authority by fiat over areas now being taken back by Ukrainian troops. Zelensky hails advances as open recriminations intensify in Russian media 2022-10-02T04:00:00Z "My views are kind of irrelevant because I cannot rule by fiat or edict or executive order on the issue of life," Mastriano told right-wing network Real America's Voice. Trump-backed PA GOP candidate Doug Mastriano pushed to charge women who get abortions with murder 2022-09-28T04:00:00Z “With inflation at a 40-year high and the national debt approaching record levels, we shouldn’t be adding to deficits – certainly not by executive fiat,” she said. Public interest lawyer sues Biden admin to stop student debt write-off 2022-09-27T04:00:00Z “With inflation at a 40-year high and the national debt approaching record levels, we shouldn’t be adding to deficits – certainly not by executive fiat,” she added. CBO: Biden’s student debt write-off costs taxpayers $400B, about 60% more than White House estimate 2022-09-26T04:00:00Z The vote is being held on the anniversary of Saied's sudden move against the elected parliament when he ousted the government, established emergency rule and began governing by fiat. Tunisians vote on constitution expanding president's power 2022-07-25T04:00:00Z Even if that weren’t true, any aggressive attempt to level the playing field through government fiat would require a competent, friendly bureaucracy to enforce the rules. Opinion | Republicans could change government the way they changed the courts 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z He created Japan’s first national security council and reinterpreted — almost by fiat — the constitutional restrictions he could not rewrite, so that for the first time Japan was committed to the “collective defense” of its allies. Shinzo Abe’s Influence Was Still Evident Long After He Left Office 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z The avatars can be purchased only with fiat currency; Reddit takes a 5 percent cut of each transaction. Why social networks won’t stop pushing NFTs 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z The problem for North Korea is about the same as it is for any hacker: North Koreans have to turn their stolen cryptocurrency into real money, fiat currency, to use it. North Korea’s weapons program is also among crypto losers 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z "Most of the commodities or products the North Koreans want to buy are only traded in USD or other fiat, not cryptocurrencies." Crypto crash threatens North Korea's stolen funds as it ramps up weapons tests 2022-06-29T04:00:00Z "For Jews, all life is precious and thus the decision to bring new life into the world is not taken lightly or determined by state fiat," the lawsuit said. Florida abortion ban violates Jews' religious freedom, lawsuit says 2022-06-14T04:00:00Z The shift comes as the cryptocurrency market continues to trend downwards, dragging the supposedly immovable stablecoins, which are pegged to a fiat currency or commodity, with it. Crypto winter has come, and Coinbase is in trouble 2022-06-05T04:00:00Z “Because where investors really get clipped with cryptocurrencies is when they’re converting actual fiat U.S. dollars into cryptocurrency.” Perspective | This crypto investing was supposed to be ‘stable.’ It’s a wild ride. 2022-06-03T04:00:00Z Dominant leaders sometimes seek to influence co-workers by fiat or force—insisting on their own way or intimidating others—rather than taking steps to discuss, debate or consult with colleagues. How Dominant Leaders Go Wrong 2022-05-30T04:00:00Z I was like, “What is a fiat system?” How Ukraine’s wide use of cryptocurrency is playing out during the war 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z “The question is no longer whether virtual currency is here to stay,” he writes, “but instead whether fiat currency regulations will keep pace with frictionless and transparent payments on the blockchain.” US prosecutors are going after crypto sanctions evasion 2022-05-16T04:00:00Z These are tokens pegged to the value of traditional assets, often the U.S. dollar, and are the main medium for moving money between cryptocurrencies or to convert balances to fiat cash. Bitcoin eyes record losing streak as 'stablecoin' collapse crushes crypto 2022-05-13T04:00:00Z They attempt to maintain a constant exchange rate with fiat currencies, for example through a 1:1 U.S. dollar peg. Explainer: What are stablecoins, the asset rocking the cryptocurrency market? 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z “We will do what is necessary to ensure that the free market, not government fiat, decides what speech digital services do and do not disseminate.” Federal court allows Texas to enforce new social media law 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z Having this moment put pressure on the system, such that reliance on the dollar goes up, does not seem like a step on the path towards fiat currency going away. How Ukraine’s wide use of cryptocurrency is playing out during the war 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z In state legislatures and via executive fiat, they are trying to limit medical procedures for transgender children and punishing large companies they view as overly politically correct. Emboldened by its wins, GOP goes all in on the culture wars 2022-05-10T04:00:00Z Instead a "bridge" would be needed to allow digitised assets to be traded, but paid for in fiat currencies, he suggested. Analysis: Blockchain needs MP3 music moment to win over markets 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z There are two main types of stablecoin: those which are backed by reserves comprising assets, such as fiat currency, bonds, commercial paper, or even other crypto tokens, and those which are algorithmic, or "decentralised". Explainer: What are stablecoins, the asset rocking the cryptocurrency market? 2022-05-12T04:00:00Z “Instead, it inflamed the issue and embittered our politics — because the court, by judicial fiat, abruptly ended what had been a democratic process of accommodation and compromise on abortion policy,” he wrote. Justice Ginsburg thought Roe was the wrong case to settle abortion issue 2022-05-06T04:00:00Z For the fiat system and everything that you just said, there are different time scales. How Ukraine’s wide use of cryptocurrency is playing out during the war 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z This is so even among conservatives who favor permissive abortion policies but who believe that Roe epitomizes results-oriented judicial fiats untethered from the Constitution’s text, structure and history. Opinion | Alito’s argument is less a refutation of Roe than a starting over 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z Once spoken, the fiats cannot change without wounding the leader’s credibility. Opinion | As covid evolves, China’s obstinance grows — at huge economic cost 2022-04-29T04:00:00Z The 6-0 ruling said state law gives health officials broad authority to protect public health but doesn’t permit the department “to act by whim or fiat in all matters concerning disease.” Suit seeks to overturn renewed Philadelphia mask mandate 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z Second, cryptocurrencies are not issued or backed by governments like traditional or "fiat" currencies. "Impulsive psychopaths like crypto": "dark" personality traits increase Bitcoin enthusiasm 2022-04-16T04:00:00Z It will not be weeks and months like with the fiat system. How Ukraine’s wide use of cryptocurrency is playing out during the war 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z It is highly likely that there will be not just another payments pause but a splashy and expansive loan forgiveness — one of the largest wealth transfers in U.S. history, by presidential fiat. Opinion | $1.6 trillion in student debt is a monument to destructive assumptions 2022-04-13T04:00:00Z “The Biden administration continues to govern by executive fiat without any consideration for the consequences of its actions,” Foxx said in a statement on Wednesday. Biden extends federal student loan payment pause through Aug. 31 2022-04-06T04:00:00Z That has frustrated Republicans who have wanted to act much more aggressively, slapping sanctions on Russian officials and organizations that cannot simply be withdrawn by presidential fiat. As Ukraine conflict rages, Congress struggles to legislate a response 2022-04-02T04:00:00Z A lot of people ask, “Hey, this is only taxable once I cash out to fiat, right?” Trade Your Crypto. Buy Your NFTs. And Pay Your Taxes. 2022-03-26T04:00:00Z Just like with the fiat system, Putin is going to lose as well. How Ukraine’s wide use of cryptocurrency is playing out during the war 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z In the uncertainty that we are facing at the world level, how does inflation, fiat currency, how do those things intersect? How Robinhood’s Aparna Chennapragada is building the future of investing 2022-03-22T04:00:00Z It’s a question of survival, of being able to breathe, of establishing, by fiat, permission to be oneself. Review | Milton Avery was the 20th century’s great ‘painter’s painter’ 2022-03-16T04:00:00Z The state says it will protect citizens’ cryptocurrency holdings with the same legal force as its fiat currency, the hryvnia. Ukraine legalizes cryptocurrency as it receives millions in crypto donations 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z "It's the failures of the traditional centralised fiat system that are starving Afghanistan." Afghans turn to cryptocurrencies amid US sanctions 2022-03-15T04:00:00Z I want to point out that you have now predicted the war will end and the fiat currency system will end. How Ukraine’s wide use of cryptocurrency is playing out during the war 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z “There’s a tremendous amount of rhetoric around Bitcoin in particular that suggests that it’s predominantly a means of escaping from the government-issued fiat currency system,” he said. Bitcoin Was Made for This Moment. So Why Isn’t It Booming? 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z But when fiat currencies such as the U.S. dollar, which are not backed by gold, became more popular over the course of the 20th century, scholars studied and eventually incorporated them into Islamic finance. Islam has a rich tradition around finance. Crypto is prompting new questions. 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z Swapping virtual assets for fiat to carry out purchases is still often necessary and difficult, but legal recognition of the crypto sector should help ameliorate some of these problems. Ukraine legalizes cryptocurrency as it receives millions in crypto donations 2022-03-17T04:00:00Z In truth, there was always some pushback against Friedman’s fiat as companies tried to demonstrate that doing good could coexist with doing well. Opinion | Corporations’ quick shunning of Russia showcases the new morality of doing business 2022-03-11T05:00:00Z We are going to have to fight with the banking system, but yes, the world is going to change so much that the traditional fiat system has no chance. How Ukraine’s wide use of cryptocurrency is playing out during the war 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Regulators have not yet determined how best to regulate cryptocurrencies, in particular so-called "stablecoins" whose creators say they have pegged their values to the dollar and other fiat currencies. U.S. can regulate cryptocurrencies without new law, think tank says 2022-03-01T05:00:00Z Today, fiat currencies are allowed because they are issued and guaranteed by a recognizable authority, in this case the U.S. government, Amatayakul says. Islam has a rich tradition around finance. Crypto is prompting new questions. 2022-03-08T05:00:00Z They are racists, delusional tyrants who wish to rule by fiat and want a nation of Christian subjugation dedicated to the violent overthrow of "the government of the people." Chaos reigns: A Cold War déjà-vu crisis, and a press corps too dumb to understand it 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Cryptocurrencies' uses include as alternatives to fiat currencies; for funds transfers without intermediaries or transfer fees; and the use of smart contracts, which self-execute when stated terms are met. Canada's Wealthsimple aims for real-world cryptocurrency use as it looks beyond trading 2022-01-31T05:00:00Z It will be a general degradation of the fiat system. How Ukraine’s wide use of cryptocurrency is playing out during the war 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z These payments were reportedly converted to fiat currency and sent to bank accounts he controlled in the name of shell companies set up to launder the funds. DeepDotWeb operator sentenced to eight years for money laundering 2022-01-27T05:00:00Z "It's more difficult to measure how much fiat currency derived from off-line crime — traditional drug trafficking, for example — is converted into cryptocurrency to be laundered," Chainalysis said in the report. Crypto money laundering rises 30% in 2021 -Chainalysis 2022-01-26T05:00:00Z It would have been a perfectly existentialist spectacle — restless hordes, in the face of a vast nothingness, creating meaning by fiat, through an absurd, defiant, repetitive, arbitrary ritual. Into the Belly of the Whale With Sjón 2022-01-13T05:00:00Z As they have warned, the extremism, the indifference to precedent, the twisting of the law, the imposition of ideology by judicial fiat — it’s all likely to get much worse. Opinion | Why Elizabeth Warren’s endorsement of court enlargement matters 2021-12-19T05:00:00Z If you cannot use the fiat system to buy goods outside of Ukraine, there was a vacuum, and that vacuum was filled with crypto. How Ukraine’s wide use of cryptocurrency is playing out during the war 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Social justice activists did not triumph, in other words, by first getting an opportunistically woke politician elected president and having her impose their doctrines by fiat. Opinion | Can Politics Save Christianity? 2021-12-18T05:00:00Z The members of the House Financial Services Committee broke down basic definitions of digital currencies, including the differences between stablecoins and fiat currencies. Congress, Far From ‘a Series of Tubes,’ Is Still Nowhere Near Reining In Tech 2021-12-11T05:00:00Z Stablecoins are a type of digital currency that’s pegged to an external asset, like a fiat currency, gold, or other investments, in an attempt to keep the coin at a stable price. Japan puts new restrictions on stablecoins 2021-12-06T05:00:00Z While most other Western nations have reached a detente on abortion, usually through legislative compromise, the judicial fiat that imposed the Roe standard on Americans is the country’s persistent cultural dividing line. Supreme Court tests Roe; conservative justices mull scrapping ‘viability’ standard for abortion bans 2021-12-01T05:00:00Z They said, “This is digital currency, fully decentralized. It has nothing to do with the fiat system.” How Ukraine’s wide use of cryptocurrency is playing out during the war 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z At least you aren’t clamped down because of government fiat — as of yet, anyway. D.C. tourism is abysmal, but holiday travel needn’t be 2021-11-23T05:00:00Z The DOJ’s press release says that the law enforcement arm of the US Postal Service will be helping convert the crypto to fiat currency. US government seizes $56 million in crypto from BitConnect’s "number one promoter" 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z But it’s more liquid than, say, an apartment, and frictionless compared to the fiat system. The Crypto Capital of the World 2021-11-14T05:00:00Z These can then be exchanged for other cryptocurrencies or fiat money. Squid Game cryptocurrency soars 2300% in first few days 2021-10-29T04:00:00Z Durfee said he preferred to keep his savings in precious metals based on a worry that paper “fiat money” will eventually be devalued. An Oath Keeper was at the Capitol riot. On Tuesday, he’s on the ballot 2021-10-27T04:00:00Z Specifically, the U.S. regulator found that since launching the token in 2014, Tether Holdings represented that its was a “stablecoin” with its value pegged to fiat currency, including U.S. dollars and euros. Company behind Tether ‘token’ fined $41M by US regulators 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z Tether is a digital currency known as a stablecoin, typically backed by a fiat currency like the US dollar or the Euro. Tether will pay $41 million over "misleading" claims it was fully backed by US dollars 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z In times of political instability, when a government’s fiat currency might not be of much use, gold will remain valuable and sought-after. All that glitters: Investing in precious metals | Provided by Bellevue Rare Coins 2021-10-14T04:00:00Z Last week, global regulators proposed that the safeguards they apply to systemic clearing houses and payment systems should also be applied to stablecoins, a type of cryptocurrency typically backed by an asset or fiat currency. Cryptocurrency rules a 'matter of urgency', Bank of England's Cunliffe says 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z This redefinition of words and concepts has, as Klemperer witnessed during the rise of fascism, allowed the courts to twist the law into an instrument of injustice, revoking our rights by judicial fiat. The corporate state came for human rights lawyer Steven Donziger — and we're next 2021-10-13T04:00:00Z This nation that supposedly thinks in centuries is now issuing sweeping fiats on a seemingly weekly basis. Opinion | What if, instead of confronting China’s rise, we must manage its decline? 2021-10-08T04:00:00Z “We have a mayor that’s doing everything he can to attack the Italian American community, including canceling its parade, removing statues, changing the Columbus Day holiday to Indigenous Peoples Day by fiat,” Bochetto said. Tensions persist between legacy of Columbus, native people 2021-10-09T04:00:00Z The proposals do not cover issues specific to stablecoins pegged to a basket of fiat currencies, which are being considered separately. Stablecoins to face same safeguards as traditional payments 2021-10-06T04:00:00Z Merchandise sales, membership fees, donations in fiat currencies, concerts, fight clubs and other events, as well as criminal activity, are also common sources of revenue, government and academic research has shown. Far-right cryptocurrency follows ideology across borders 2021-09-27T04:00:00Z Trump is using fidelity to that belief to install secretaries of state in swing states who could hand him the next the election by fiat, regardless of what voters might say. A prescription for saving democracy: Is public health key to beating back fascism? 2021-09-26T04:00:00Z "In our times, money has evolved to be fiat money issued by central banks," he said. Bitcoin is barter, not money, Mexico central bank chief says 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z If ever there was a president who took naturally to the idea of “fiat money,” it was Donald Trump. Opinion | What if the Coronavirus Crisis Is Just a Trial Run? 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z “But the agencies have no authority to resolve those sensitive questions, let alone to do so by executive fiat without providing any opportunity for public participation.” 20 states sue over Biden admin school, work LGBT protections 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z A series of recent Supreme Court decisions have been made by fiat through what is known as the "shadow docket" process. Laurence Tribe: If Garland doesn't prosecute Trump, the rule of law is "out the window" 2021-08-30T04:00:00Z Restraining presidential fiat may mean that some foreign policy opportunities are missed, that some deals will remain out of reach. Opinion | What Trump’s Disgraceful Deal With the Taliban Has Wrought 2021-08-28T04:00:00Z Bitcoin is more like a means of barter than "evolved" fiat money, Mexico's central back chief said on Thursday, calling it a high-risk investment and a poor store of value. Bitcoin is barter, not money, Mexico central bank chief says 2021-09-09T04:00:00Z “More than eight months ago, former-President Trump filed this lawsuit in an audacious attempt to overrule the will of the voters by fiat,” the Democrat said in the filing. Trump should pay legal fees for failed lawsuit, Wisconsin governor says 2021-08-27T04:00:00Z He added that allowing users to pay with dollars, euros and other fiat currencies via the Novi wallet would bring a lot of value. Facebook says it wants a ‘fair shot’ in the crypto payments sphere. 2021-08-18T04:00:00Z “My initial concern was that it’s essentially a fiat currency, because it’s not backed by anything,” Freeman responds. Libertarians built a crypto mecca in New Hampshire — then Feds tore it down 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z Indeed, these athletes might be heard most clearly when they don’t win the accolades we expect of them — whether by choice, accident or institutional fiat. Perspective | Olympic medals no longer show off nations’ cultural power. That’s good. 2021-07-29T04:00:00Z They also barred institutions from providing exchange services between cryptocurrencies and fiat currencies, and prohibited fund managers from investing in cryptocurencies as assets. Factbox-From education to bitcoin, China's season of regulatory crackdown 2021-07-27T04:00:00Z Perhaps he will reconsider fiat as an investment vehicle. Cryptocurrency traders struggle to sue Binance 2021-07-12T04:00:00Z Frankly, law enforcement officials actually really like when payment is made in Bitcoin as opposed to fiat. Crypto’s Top V.C. Is Playing the Long Game 2021-06-26T04:00:00Z Someone might, for instance, bury rubles in a specific location — and then, when the threat actors hand over their bitcoin, they receive the coordinates to go dig the fiat currency up, says Robinson. Ransomware funds more ransomware — how do we stop it? 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z "As crypto and digital currencies rise in prominence, a core barrier to further growth is the on/off ramps to local fiat currencies." Analysis: Remittance firms slow to add bitcoin, despite El Salvador move 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z “As crypto and digital currencies rise in prominence, a core barrier to further growth is the on/off ramps to local fiat currencies.” Analysis: Remittance firms slow to add bitcoin, despite El Salvador move 2021-06-11T04:00:00Z But if so, these are no match for the very bad ideas that repeatedly emerge from the party’s inner sanctum to be applied by fiat with disastrous results. Opinion | China meddled in family planning. Now it faces a population crisis. 2021-06-08T04:00:00Z There has been infighting between ideologically opposed factions and complaints that the party’s candidates are chosen by fiat, and often lack popular support. AMLO wants to transform Mexico. An election may stop him 2021-05-31T04:00:00Z Today’s Florida Republican leaders — Gov. Ron DeSantis and the GOP-dominated legislature — seem focused on one goal: centralizing power in the state capital, Tallahassee, and shoving Florida from purple to red by fiat. Opinion | Florida Republicans are trampling on the wishes of locals in a rush to consolidate power 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Quinn said his sceptical stance on cryptocurrencies partly arose from the difficulty of assessing the transparency of who owns them, as well as problems with their ready convertibility into fiat money. EXCLUSIVE HSBC CEO says Bitcoin not for us 2021-05-24T04:00:00Z Early in the covid-19 pandemic, most Americans had a high tolerance for combating the infectious disease with executive fiats curtailing normal freedoms and fundamental rights — to work, travel and associate freely. Opinion | Pennsylvanians can begin a national reckoning of executive overreach 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z People need to know “it’s not by fiat, somebody’s sort of knee-jerk opinion about something,” added Alondra Nelson, the science office’s deputy director for science and society. New White House panel aims to separate science, politics 2021-05-10T04:00:00Z The fate of oil production should be settled in the marketplace by consumer demand, rather than by gubernatorial fiat. Regardless of Newsom's motive, bid to end California oil production is a game-changer 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z The electric car is being forced upon us by government fiat, not by consumer demand. If wishes were horses, we’d all drive electric cars 2021-04-29T04:00:00Z But in private, state banks marketing the digital fiat currency for the central bank bluntly describe Beijing's intention to undercut the duo's dominance. Analysis: China digital currency trials show threat to Alipay, WeChat duopoly 2021-04-26T04:00:00Z A group of 21 GOP senators demands that Mnuchin enact another tax cut for the rich by fiat, which is probably illegal. Column: Biden wants to hike the capital gains tax. The wealthy will fight him to the death 2021-04-22T04:00:00Z Instead, the court capture is a way to go around the voters to impose the GOP agenda by fiat. Republicans got the Supreme Court they wanted: That will change America forever 2021-04-12T04:00:00Z But in reality, all that ceremony is an effort “to rule by presidential fiat,” says Saul Anuzis, president of 60 Plus, a conservative organization for seniors. Biden: A moderate president gone rogue 2021-04-11T04:00:00Z The issue before the court was the legality of an extension by the governor’s fiat. Editorial Roundup: Wisconsin 2021-04-07T04:00:00Z Now, what would you have for an anchor that gets into, you said, “Well, with the currency board, you’d have some fiat currency issued by a sovereign.” Is there a future for bitcoin? An investor and a skeptic make their cases 2021-04-06T04:00:00Z The cryptocurrency wallet will deposit traditional fiat currency in a bank account, to be wired to Visa at the end of the day to settle any transactions, adding cost and complexity for businesses. Exclusive: Visa moves to allow payment settlements using cryptocurrency 2021-03-29T04:00:00Z “Tesla is using only internal & open source software & operates Bitcoin nodes directly,” he said in a followup tweet, “Bitcoin paid to Tesla will be retained as Bitcoin, not converted to fiat currency.” You can now buy a Tesla with bitcoin in the US 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Department heads “do not make things happen by fiat. They have to work through the channels that exist, and a vacancy is always a threat to effective delivery.” Biden Cabinet complete but hundreds of vacancies remain 2021-03-22T04:00:00Z Biden faces a choice, some activists say, between ruling mostly via executive fiat — which permits modest accomplishments at best — and pulling down the structural obstacles. Pressure grows on Biden to end the filibuster 2021-03-05T05:00:00Z The poor and minorities saw employment opportunities shuttered by executive fiat for large parts of the year. Editorial Roundup: Michigan 2021-02-22T05:00:00Z “Bitcoin is almost as bs as fiat money. The key word is ‘almost’.” Elon Musk says bitcoin is slightly better than holding cash 2021-02-19T05:00:00Z His reference was to central-bank-linked currencies, which Bitcoin fans typically denigrate as fiat money because their supply can be expanded or shrunk as governments wish. Column: Tesla's dabbling in Bitcoin is a perfect distraction from its real-world problems 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z “The courts would have to read that requirement into the law and operationalize it by judicial fiat. That would literally be ‘legislating from the bench.’” Judge refuses to block Arizona’s new education tax 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z National League for Democracy lawmakers were temporarily sequestered in their living quarters in Naypyidaw, the country’s capital that was built by military fiat early this century. Myanmar’s Army Is Back in Charge. It Never Truly Left. 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z As a result, the path remains open for the criminal liability of Trump’s allies, and perhaps of Trump himself, to be decided openly in courts of law, rather than by presidential fiat. Opinion | Trump’s second impeachment succeeded. But a Senate trial could backfire. 2021-02-02T05:00:00Z Merely ruling by “executive fiat,” he said, would “get us virtually nowhere.” In early going, Biden floods the zone with decrees 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z But he has also been dismissive, as he was as recently as Dec. 20, when he tweeted, “Bitcoin is almost as bs as fiat money.” Column: Tesla's dabbling in Bitcoin is a perfect distraction from its real-world problems 2021-02-10T05:00:00Z But many of Mr. Trump’s other signature actions were enacted via executive fiat, making them especially vulnerable to rapid reversal the same way — by an executive order. The Lure of Executive Orders: Easy to Implement, but Just as Easy to Cancel 2021-01-22T05:00:00Z But there will not be the blizzard of executive fiats that progressives desire. Opinion | Biden charged the people of this republic with fixing it. So the people need to grow up. 2021-01-20T05:00:00Z As Fallows points out, this didn't happen by executive fiat. Donald Trump has real reason to be worried: Democrats are pursuing accountability this time 2020-12-18T05:00:00Z In a filing to the high court Tuesday, Paxton claims the four battleground states broke the law by instituting pandemic-related changes to election policies, whether "through executive fiat or friendly lawsuits, thereby weakening ballot integrity." Texas Republicans sue to throw out the election results in other states 2020-12-09T05:00:00Z “They accomplished these statutory revisions through executive fiat or friendly lawsuits, thereby weakening ballot integrity. Finally, these same government officials flooded the . . . states with millions of ballots.” Supreme Court denies Trump allies’ bid to overturn Pennsylvania election results 2020-12-08T05:00:00Z For Alito, the pandemic response illuminates the unfortunate “dominance of lawmaking by executive fiat rather than legislation,” in particular the emergence of a powerful administrative state. Opinion | Why so sour, Justice Alito? Your side in the Supreme Court is winning. 2020-11-13T05:00:00Z In late June, Beijing passed a new national security law by fiat, similarly bypassing Hong Kong’s political structures. China forces ouster of Hong Kong pro-democracy lawmakers, quashing opposition 2020-11-11T05:00:00Z “Any step that withdraws an element of the judicial process from public view makes the ensuing decision look more like fiat, which requires compelling justification.” Election 2020 updates, October 26: The latest news on races in Washington state and across the U.S. 2020-10-26T04:00:00Z By making settlement happen through traditional, or fiat, currencies, it also allows merchants to avoid exposure to volatility risk when accepting cryptocurrency payments. Analysis: Is PayPal's crypto move a game-changer for bitcoin? Probably not, say experts 2020-10-22T04:00:00Z Cryptocurrency payments on PayPal will be settled using fiat currencies, such as the U.S. dollar, meaning merchants will not receive payments in virtual coins, the company said. PayPal to allow cryptocurrency buying, selling and shopping on its network 2020-10-21T04:00:00Z “I just don’t have the power by fiat to impose my policy preferences or choose the result I prefer,” Barrett said. Opinion | Barrett’s hearings were a frustrating charade. But they were still chilling. 2020-10-15T04:00:00Z "It is surely just as offensive to the Constitution to rewrite Texas election law by executive fiat as it is to do so by judicial fiat," Ho wrote. Texas’ Abbott praises court ruling reinstating 1 ballot drop box per county 2020-10-13T04:00:00Z Enter Barrett, Trump's choice to deliver him a second term by judicial fiat. 5 grim observations on Trump’s Supreme Court 2020-10-04T04:00:00Z It is as if, by fiat, he could make the dangers of the virus disappear - or at least feel unimportant. Editorial Roundup: Florida 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z But it seems more than a little odd to declare that to be so in advance, and by fiat. Why Coinbase will struggle to ban politics from the workplace 2020-09-30T04:00:00Z In a 2013 article, Barrett repeatedly expressed the view that the supreme court had created, through judicial fiat, a framework of abortion on demand that ignited a national controversy. Conservatives' assault on the supreme court is a judicial tragedy in the making | Shira A Scheindlin 2020-09-29T04:00:00Z As I have written elsewhere, "Political democracies do not choose their leaders by judicial fiat. They elect them, usually by political majorities." The case of Biden v. Trump: How a judge could decide the presidential election 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z A social network that’s used by millions of people is set to be banned by presidential fiat, with no public evidence of wrongdoing and only the thinnest gesture at constitutional restraints to executive power. Trump’s TikTok ban is a gross abuse of power 2020-09-18T04:00:00Z "We've been telling you this for months. Our constitutional rights may not be indefinitely abridged by executive fiat, period." Ingraham praises federal judge's 'phenomenal ruling' finding PA's COVID shutdown 'unconstitutional' 2020-09-15T04:00:00Z Calls began circulating online in late August for people to march against the decision to postpone the legislative elections and the new national security law passed by fiat in Beijing in late June. Hong Kong protesters defy national security law, return to streets to oppose election delay 2020-09-06T04:00:00Z If it does, the attempted fiat probably will be ignored by most of the world, including the leading democracies. Opinion | Mike Pompeo is the worst secretary of state in history 2020-08-30T04:00:00Z The pressing question in Washington is about whether President Trump’s fiats will work in changing the politics of what had become the latest agony of 2020 for Republicans. Trump edicts put pressure on Pelosi, not Senate GOP 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z Returning to the present, Trump and Barr's notion of a president who can do what he wants, immune from all investigation, and can govern by fiat, is profoundly ahistorical and wrong. Bill Barr and Donald Trump are trying to torch the "Ancient Constitution" that governed kings 2020-08-10T04:00:00Z Now every extra inning begins with one — by fiat. Perspective | MLB’s extra-innings experiment is gimmicky, untraditional — and worth keeping 2020-08-06T04:00:00Z The law instructs, and history underlines: We do not postpone presidential elections in this country — certainly not by presidential fiat. Opinion | One president pinned it. The other one nailed it. 2020-07-30T04:00:00Z “Gold is the currency of last resort, particularly in an environment like the current one where governments are debasing their fiat currencies and pushing real interest rates to all-time lows.” Dollar takes 9% dive after coronavirus shutdowns, on track for worst month since 2011 2020-07-29T04:00:00Z Yoo makes it clear that he thinks such executive fiats would be unconstitutional. Column: Trump's malicious, lawless census change may be just the beginning of new outrages 2020-07-23T04:00:00Z When Beijing imposed the national security law by fiat, bypassing Hong Kong's political processes, it put the city's 7.5 million residents under the same draconian speech controls as mainland China. For U.S. tech firms, doing business in Hong Kong is suddenly a whole lot riskier 2020-07-14T04:00:00Z Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, tweeted that “there is zero constitutional authority for a president to create a ‘road to citizenship’ by executive fiat.” White House clarifies Trump’s remarks on DACA, immigration 2020-07-12T04:00:00Z The Mississippi Division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans posted a statement telling lawmakers not to embark upon “some Legislative fiat, instead of allowing us to decide what our flag will be.” Mississippi governor signs bill changing state’s flag, abandoning Confederate symbol 2020-06-30T04:00:00Z Even given the recent trend of presidents attempting to rule by fiat, I can’t imagine any order forcing all Americans to do so would pass constitutional muster. Power Rankings: Iowa swings for the fences 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z In the end, the town’s African American mayor, Steven Reed, overruled the city council’s white members and introduced mandatory mask-wearing by executive fiat. 'Like leaning into a left hook': coronavirus calamity unfolds across divided US 2020-06-28T04:00:00Z “The governor decided by fiat what was life-sustaining and what was not life-sustaining,” the counties assert. Editorial Roundup: New York 2020-06-03T04:00:00Z “It will be based on the agreement of the parties, not on judicial fiat.” Divorcing Parents Have a Right to Post Their Stories Online, Court Says 2020-05-09T04:00:00Z In the case of the coronavirus task force, the wrong person could materially jeopardize the lives of Americans by acquiescing to the president’s whims and fiats. Perspective | Can Dr. Birx and Dr. Fauci serve President Trump in good conscience? 2020-05-01T04:00:00Z Georgia consistently has been ranked a top state for business, and that distinction wasn’t bestowed merely by fiat. Editorial Roundup: Georgia 2020-04-29T04:00:00Z Biden is the presumptive nominee based on a political version of fiat currency: He is the nominee because the leadership of the party says he is. Biden’s struggle on assault claim raises doubts 2020-04-28T04:00:00Z In fact, ever since President Nixon took the U.S. off the last remnant of the gold standard in 1971, U.S. dollars have been “fiat” money—money created out of nothing. The Green New Deal Is More Relevant than Ever 2020-04-22T04:00:00Z To hold down the number of deaths from covid-19, the disease the virus causes, government has put the economy in a coma — a recession by federal fiat. Government is everywhere now. Where does it go next? 2020-04-19T04:00:00Z The Libra Association, set up last year by Facebook, now plans to develop a handful of stablecoins each representing a different fiat currency. Coronavirus misinformation is putting Facebook to the test 2020-04-17T04:00:00Z He tried to rewrite Wisconsin’s election laws by fiat but was rebuked by courts. Opinion | How not to hold an election during a pandemic 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Trump is eager to reopen the US economy by presidential fiat, potentially as early as 1 May. 'We don’t have a king': Trump and Cuomo in bizarre exchange over Covid-19 response 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z Earlier this week, Wisconsin held a primary election that Gov. Tony Evers, on the eve of the election, sought to cancel by fiat. Illinois Editorial Roundup: 2020-04-14T04:00:00Z “Whether a church should shut their doors under the current circumstances,” wrote Mr. Hughes’ attorney, is a matter that state law “requires be left to the leadership and congregation of the church, not executive fiat.” Virginia can shutter churches during coronavirus pandemic, judge rules 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z “There was no acknowledgment that his directions were doing harm to people greater than this disease would do or even that suffering is occurring not because of the disease but the executive fiat fighting it.” Maryland’s Governor, a Republican, Is Willing to Spar With Trump for Supplies 2020-04-03T04:00:00Z This was unorthodox: One of the tenets of Bitcoin is that its value does not derive from a natural resource or government fiat, only the laws of mathematics. The Coder and the Dictator 2020-03-20T04:00:00Z And yes, it's the kind of rule by strong-arm fiat that was practiced by Adolf Hitler in Nazi Germany. Can we stop tiptoeing around the fact that Trump is behaving like a dictator? 2020-02-15T05:00:00Z “Political fiat rather than market mechanisms will dictate flows,” said Michal Meidan, director of the China energy program at the Oxford Institute of Energy Studies. China flexes oil refining muscle, upping pain for Asian rivals 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z President Dwight Eisenhower, who had put himself above the fray, began to fight back with information leaks and administrative fiats. Fourth Spy at Los Alamos Knew A-Bomb’s Inner Secrets 2020-01-27T05:00:00Z Spain was among the first nations to adopt same-sex marriage — in 2005, and not, as in the United States in 2015, by judicial fiat but by legislation. Opinion | Spain is playing with fire, and his name is Santiago Abascal 2020-01-22T05:00:00Z Trump’s China bargain is the most concrete expression of his enthusiasm for “managed trade,” which relies on government fiat to guarantee key results. Trump signs partial economic deal with China, calls trade pact a ‘momentous step’ 2020-01-15T05:00:00Z Policymakers have a difficult needle to thread because efforts to reduce costs by government fiat could lead to hospital closures or some form of rationing, if reimbursement doesn’t cover the actual cost of service. Recent Missouri editorials 2020-01-14T05:00:00Z “The American people do not want, and our Constitution will not abide, a president who rules by fiat and demands obedience,” Biden said. Biden, facing scrutiny of his foreign policy record, sharpens criticism of Trump’s ‘incompetence’ on Iran 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z But others, including in agriculture, energy and aviation, would most likely be done by fiat, through China’s state-controlled entities. Trump’s Trade Deals Raise, Rather Than Remove, Economic Barriers 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z One of his first acts as president was to ban by executive fiat any federal funding of international groups providing information about, or access to, abortions. Amy Klobuchar: 'I will reverse Trump abortion policies in the first 100 days' 2019-12-14T05:00:00Z "This court is not imposing 'citizenship by judicial fiat,'" Waddoups said in his decision. American Samoans should be recognized as US citizens, federal judge decides 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Yet the entire edifice of her “transformation” of society by government spending and fiats rests upon the rickety assumption that her proposed wealth tax is constitutional. Opinion | Elizabeth Warren is progressivism’s Donald Trump 2019-11-28T05:00:00Z And what we plainly see is that as long as Trump’s policies prevail, a two-state solution is off the table, by American fiat. Opinion | America is now implicitly endorsing a one-state solution 2019-11-19T05:00:00Z But it would still need, for its long-term coherence, an account of how doctrine can and cannot change beyond just papal fiat. Opinion | What Will Happen to Conservative Catholicism? 2019-11-09T05:00:00Z Huobi Argentina said in September it planned to establish a local team and a fiat gateway to trade or convert the Argentine peso to cryptocurrency. Argentine subsidiary of Huobi Group announces plan for $100 million data center 2019-11-06T05:00:00Z Libra, which is being pitched as a “stable” currency “for the whole world,” will be pegged to a basket of low-volatility fiat currencies such as, for example, the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen. Facebook’s Audacious Pitch for a Global Cryptocurrency 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z It says payments using XRP settle in four seconds, compared with over an hour for bitcoin and three to five days for traditional systems used for fiat money. Explainer: Ahead of Libra, XRP cryptocurrency gains toehold in commerce 2019-10-10T04:00:00Z Tomorrow, by fiat, Mark Zuckerberg could make Facebook slightly less profitable and enormously less immoral: He could hire thousands more content moderators and pay them fairly. Opinion | Free Speech Is Killing Us 2019-10-04T04:00:00Z But is it enough to consider invoking a process that aims to remove a duly elected president by legislative fiat rather than a vote of the electorate? Excerpts from recent editorials in newspapers in Illinois 2019-10-01T04:00:00Z By fiat, he moved me from the Metro page to the A section and, later, at the insistence of the publisher, to the op-ed page. Opinion | Richard Cohen: This is my final column. I’ve been lucky. 2019-09-23T04:00:00Z Rather than fiats, Democrats relied whenever possible on market-based mechanisms and tweaked incentives. Opinion | The far left is taking a page from its opponents’ playbook 2019-09-19T04:00:00Z Huobi Argentina plans to establish a local team and a fiat gateway to trade or convert the Argentine peso to cryptocurrency, the company said in a statement. Huobi announces launch of cryptocurrency exchange in Argentina 2019-09-17T04:00:00Z “It’s one of the longest for decades, and it represents — not just in the minds of many colleagues, but huge numbers of people outside — an act of executive fiat.” U.K. Parliament Closes, but Lawmakers Don’t Go Quietly 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z He called the decision to bar the doors of Parliament amid the political crisis of Brexit “an act of executive fiat.” The ‘rebel alliance’ teamed up to thwart Boris Johnson’s plans. Can it stay united to steer Brexit? 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z “It’s one of the longest for decades and it represents an act of executive fiat,” he said. Johnson suspends UK Parliament after latest Brexit defeat 2019-09-10T04:00:00Z Bercow told the Commons “this is not a standard or normal prorogation” and that the move represented “an act of executive fiat”. Boris Johnson loses sixth vote in six days as election bid fails 2019-09-09T04:00:00Z Israel appeared to have won an indefinite stay of execution, by presidential fiat. Football in Palestine: a sporting pursuit seen as ‘more noble than war’ | Nicholas Blincoe 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z Whether you’re taking just a smidgen per transaction or you get to be effectively the fiat currency outside the biggest countries in the world. Mark Cuban says Facebook’s Libra is "dangerous" 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Libra, which is being pitched as a “stable” currency “for the whole world,” will be pegged to a basket of low-volatility fiat currencies like, for example, the U.S. dollar and the Japanese yen. Facebook’s Audacious Pitch for a Global Cryptocurrency 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Second, changing the capital gains tax structure by fiat would circumvent the Democratic-controlled House Ways and Means Committee, where all fiscal legislation must originate. Incredibly, GOP senators are demanding another tax cut for the rich 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z Paper money was now “fiat” currency, underpinned by the authority of the bank and nothing else. The Invention of Money 2019-07-29T04:00:00Z Newsom said state law prohibits him from doing that by executive fiat and that legislative action would be required. Touring oil spill site, Newsom calls for greater oversight of California petroleum industry 2019-07-25T04:00:00Z The United States dollar is kind of a fiat global currency that’s accepted everywhere, but it’s not digital. Mark Cuban says Facebook’s Libra is "dangerous" 2019-07-30T04:00:00Z It guts our entire asylum system by extralegal fiat and was immediately challenged in court. Opinion | Trump’s immigration policies speak louder than his racist, xenophobic words 2019-07-18T04:00:00Z But a lawyer for Republican legislative leaders, Phillip Strach, said the plaintiffs were seeking to use “judicial fiat” to sidestep the electoral and legislative processes. Legal battle over U.S. gerrymandering shifts to North Carolina as... 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z After all, the point was to create an alternative to fiat currency, and to mimic goldbugs’ notions of how currency should work. Facebook’s Libra hearings in Congress are the best free entertainment you’ll get all week 2019-07-15T04:00:00Z While Brown is right to continue pressing for carbon-pricing legislation, she should abandon any efforts to implement such controversial policies by fiat. Editorials from around Oregon 2019-07-10T04:00:00Z “There’s nothing about how Libra will lower fees to convert fiat cash into Libra money, which is both the essential challenge of consumer banking and an explicit part of Libra’s problem statement,” Greeley writes. Facebook’s Libra probably won’t help people without bank accounts 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Justice Gorsuch agreed, saying Congress’s attempt to impose higher sentences by judicial fiat was a “displacement of the jury’s traditional supervisory role.” Supreme Court rules jury trial required in some supervised release revocations 2019-06-26T04:00:00Z “The central bank must be trusted not to debase the currency, but the history of fiat currencies is full of breaches of that trust.” Facebook’s cryptocurrency has a trust problem 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Just as the Burmese had been made British subjects by fiat, so, too, were the Rohingya Muslims rendered not Burmese by decree. The Quandary of Myanmar: Will Starving the Country of Visitors Make Things Better? 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Other initiatives on Wall Street are attempting to test a digital coin representing fiat currency that would run on blockchain-based technology. Exclusive: Banks to invest around $50 million in digital cash... 2019-05-16T04:00:00Z Others, known as “stablecoins,” look to overcome the problems associated with wild price fluctuations by being pegged to fiat currency. Rise of smaller rivals throw up fresh challenge to bitcoin 2019-05-15T04:00:00Z Senate and House Republicans have enabled and abetted a man who believes he can govern the country by monarchial fiat, as Trump has long run his family’s now four-generation criminal enterprise. George W. Bush may be the only person in the world who can force Trump out of office 2019-05-05T04:00:00Z More importantly, if the new system is just as centralized as the old one, Libra starts to look like more of a power grab than a move away from fiat currency. Facebook’s cryptocurrency has a trust problem 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z Think about it: Only an autocrat says that when voters entrust part of the government to the party that’s not his own, he will override its rights and prerogatives by fiat. Opinion | Will Trump and the Supreme Court tear our democracy apart? 2019-04-24T04:00:00Z Some thoughtful people regret, as Cain does, the end of the gold standard, but they understand, as he does not, that fiat money is here to stay. Opinion | The Cain and Moore nominations are two more tests for Republicans to fail 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z “The administration needs to create the evidence to justify its immigration policies – it is using the concept of crisis to create the justification for government by executive fiat.” David Miliband: the most vulnerable pay for Trump's 'manufactured crisis' 2019-04-09T04:00:00Z “The government’s strong-arm approach to changing criminal laws by executive fiat will continue to be strongly opposed,” the group said in a statement. Bump stock ban takes effect as opponents await word from Supreme Court 2019-03-26T04:00:00Z It is unclear whether he will enforce the fiat. Court in Chechnya banishes human rights activist to penal colony 2019-03-18T04:00:00Z Putin ran Russia by fiat, and Obama was “weak” because he adhered to democratic rules and norms. Donald Trump admired the Russian badass's macho posturing, Putin was happy to have the attention 2019-03-09T05:00:00Z Then there’s never-shy Sen. Pat Roberts, a Kansas Republican, who said Saturday that he worries the declaration will set up a government “by fiat” in the future. GOP senators to watch on Trump’s emergency declaration 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z “Rule by fiat” was the angry reaction of Mr. Stanley, who said, “They just want to continue to punish people; they just want to continue to punish the poor. ” Opinion | Virginia inexplicably killed a bill that could’ve helped thousands with suspended licenses 2019-02-18T05:00:00Z Roberts said he worries about “government by fiat” in the future. Kansas senators worry about precedent in border declaration 2019-02-16T05:00:00Z The president huddled with contractors to review designs; his budget gurus identified pots of money that might be tapped by executive fiat for wall construction; his lawyers reviewed the U.S. ‘Off the rails’: Inside Trump’s attempt to claim victory in his border wall defeat 2019-02-14T05:00:00Z By accepting fiat money as payment, these companies effectively abandon their ICO investors and render their virtual unit less valuable, said consulting firm Ernst and Young in a report on ICOs released last October. Crypto bear market threatens to last as potential token supply weighs 2019-02-08T05:00:00Z Family businesses and army units may be ruled by fiat, but democracies require negotiation and concessions. Opinion | Why Autocrats Love Emergencies 2019-01-12T05:00:00Z Millions of people now rely on ObamaCare’s subsidies and rules, which argues against judges repealing the law by fiat. Editorial Roundup: Excerpts from recent editorials 2018-12-19T05:00:00Z “Millions of people now rely on ObamaCare’s subsidies and rules, which argues against judges repealing the law by fiat,” the board said Monday in an editorial. Controversial ruling on health care law could face a skeptical Supreme Court — if it gets there 2018-12-17T05:00:00Z The digital currency would be backed by fiat currencies of the two nations. UAE, Saudi Arabia start work on fintech for cross-border settlements 2018-12-13T05:00:00Z It could, however, effectively threaten local users, miners, and the exchanges converting cryptocurrencies into and out of fiat currencies. Why we must regulate the blockchain 2018-11-25T05:00:00Z The central issue is Trump is trying to accomplish by executive fiat what properly belongs to the legislative branch. Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Proclamation Targeting Some Asylum Seekers 2018-11-20T05:00:00Z To redefine the citizenship clause of the 14th Amendment by executive fiat would be precisely the opposite. Excerpts from recent Minnesota editorials 2018-11-05T05:00:00Z Recently, of course, Trump has promised to end birthright citizenship by fiat, in a blatant violation of the Constitution and an overt effort to keep America white. GOP’s final midterm pitch: Dear white people — be very, very afraid 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z “I hate to break the news to President Trump, but the Supreme Court isn’t going to let him rewrite immigration law by executive fiat, nor should they,” Coffman said Tuesday night. Trump vows executive order to end birthright citizenship, a move most legal experts say would run afoul of the Constitution 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z I’d explain that the idea of a president rewriting the Constitution through executive fiat is insane. Trump's birthright citizenship plan is a stunt, but it's not meaningless 2018-10-30T04:00:00Z It would impose, by bureaucratic fiat, a reflection of the world not as it is but as Trump says it should be. The Trump Administration’s Plan to Redefine Gender Recalls an Earlier Rejection of Science 2018-10-26T04:00:00Z First, the need, and demand, for an alternative to fiat currency exists. Can Bitcoin Become a Dominant Currency? 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z In some respects, Bitcoin is as much a critique of the fiat money system as it is an alternative to it. The Prophets of Cryptocurrency Survey the Boom and Bust 2018-10-15T04:00:00Z Were it thrust upon the country suddenly by fiat, many Americans would be uneasy, as were even many Democrats in the 1930s with Franklin D. Roosevelt’s court-enlargement plan. Opinion | We need to stay angry about Kavanaugh 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Not the one dreamt up in another time by the ideologues, or by the undemocratic fiat of mediocre politicians or the dull exhortations of a pallid bureaucracy. ‘Cultural jail’: top British musicians decry potential Brexit impact 2018-10-06T04:00:00Z The idea is to shift more risk to private mortgage insurers at a price that reflects actual market forces rather than bureaucratic fiat. Opinion | Can the House compromise on housing finance reform? These lawmakers are willing to try. 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z In countries with high inflation, or an otherwise unstable fiat currency, people can’t trust that the government-backed fiat currency will hold its value, and they seek an alternative, such as gold, traditionally. Can Bitcoin Become a Dominant Currency? 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The government must limit its spending by fiat. Even Republicans might like Medicare Advantage for all 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z “The government cannot create those families by fiat,” says Jedd Medefind, the president of the Christian Alliance for Orphans, a group that seeks to direct short-term church missions towards family care instead of orphanages. The business of voluntourism: do western do-gooders actually do harm? 2018-09-13T04:00:00Z “I will not legislate via fiat from the Department,” she wrote. DeVos leaving it to states whether to use federal money to buy guns for schools 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z Because identity, in the sense we typically use it these days, is a social category – something shared with vast numbers of other people – everything is up for negotiation and nothing is determined by individual fiat. Can we choose our own identity? 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z But even they are reliant on the stability of the underlying fiat currency. Can Bitcoin Become a Dominant Currency? 2018-10-22T04:00:00Z The government must limit its spending by fiat. Even Republicans might like Medicare Advantage for all 2018-09-16T04:00:00Z But if stablecoin cryptos do become as mainstream as fiat currencies, will the system be able to cope with the volume? Bitcoin buster? The search for a more stable cryptocurrency 2018-08-20T04:00:00Z The global monetary system has operated with fiat currencies since the collapse of Bretton Woods in 1971 when Richard Nixon closed the U.S. gold window. Trump and Money 2018-07-22T04:00:00Z “Defendants seek to light a match to the Flores agreement and ask this court to upend the parties’ agreement by judicial fiat,” Judge Gee, who was appointed by President Barack Obama, wrote in her order. As Migrant Families Are Reunited, Some Children Don’t Recognize Their Mothers 2018-07-11T04:00:00Z A genuinely conservative Court might even help progressives by liberating them to focus once again on the core task of self-government—persuading their fellow Americans through elections, not judicial fiat. Kavanaugh for the Court 2018-07-10T04:00:00Z The magazine characterized her view of the court decision as “creating through judicial fiat a framework of abortion on demand.” Amy Coney Barrett, possible Supreme Court nominee, has backed ‘flexible’ approach to court precedent 2018-07-05T04:00:00Z While little public information exists about how tether is created, the currency generally trades for about $1 because each coin is supposed to be backed by $1 of fiat money in a bank. Bitcoin's price has been manipulated with another cryptocurrency: tether, professor says 2018-06-13T04:00:00Z “No president should be able to undo a law he doesn’t like through administrative fiat.” Largest federal employees union sues Trump over ‘official time’ rollback 2018-05-31T04:00:00Z “His sovereign fiat to use his property as he pleases must yield, at least in degree, where ownership is in common or cooperation with others,” the judge said. Eddie Desmond refuses judge Franc Perry order to stop flying American flag outside apartment window 2018-05-14T04:00:00Z Take, for example, Senate Bill 1599, which would have wired around the inability of big high schools in central Oklahoma to compete with Jenks’ and Union’s gridiron teams by legislative fiat. Editorial Roundup: Recent editorials in Oklahoma newspapers 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z To identify an individual associated with one of these addresses, Grauer says, an investigator would look for an “off ramp,” the point where cryptocurrency is converted into fiat, or government-backed, currency. The Crypto Crime Wave Is Here 2018-04-26T04:00:00Z But the exchange of fiat money into virtual currency, and vice versa, should be done offshore to avoid infringing Philippine regulations, he said. Philippines to allow cryptocurrency operators in economic zone 2018-04-25T04:00:00Z Made by fiat, the rule basically ripped land from farmers, ranchers and landowners and handed control of it to bureaucrats inside the EPA. A Trump even Sweden has to appreciate 2018-04-22T04:00:00Z "By structuring the bureau the way it has, Congress established an agency primed to ignore due process and abandon the rule of law in favor of bureaucratic fiat and administrative absolutism," he said. A good consumer agency is a weak consumer agency, says Trump's consumer watchdog 2018-04-17T04:00:00Z There’s a Latin phrase that goes to the heart of this investigation: “fiat justitia, ruat caelum,” meaning “justice be done, though the heavens fall” — signifying that the law must be followed wherever it leads. Nation will pay if Mueller is fired 2018-04-12T04:00:00Z Acting by fiat is easy, of course, and effective in authoritative regimes, but works less well in democracies where the concerns of taxpayers and stakeholders up and down the line ought to be heard. West Virginia editorial roundup 2018-04-11T04:00:00Z Ironically, it’s being forced by conservatives, who usually protest the calumny of legislating by legal fiat. Opinion | The campus culture wars make a mess at Marquette 2018-04-06T04:00:00Z Trump administration, including the Attorney General, assume that the election gave them the right to rule by fiat.It did not. Trump v. California: The Biggest Legal Clashes 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z “By structuring the bureau the way it has, Congress established an agency primed to ignore due process and abandon the rule of law in favor of bureaucratic fiat and administrative absolutism,” Mr. Mulvaney said. Weaken Consumer Bureau, Its Chief Requests in First Report to Congress 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z OTC trading may appeal to those wary of stashing coins and fiat currency with digital exchanges after high-profile hacks and other issues. OTC crypto market flourishes, powered by Skype 2018-04-02T04:00:00Z He decided it would be prudent to sell some of the coins and lock in the fiat value while the price was high. Inside the bizarre upside-down bankruptcy of Mt. Gox 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z Critics accused Obama of acting by regulatory fiat. Trump is systematically backing off consumer protections, to the delight of corporations 2018-03-05T05:00:00Z “As a country, we reserve the right to issue a currency in whatever form it is, whether in digital or fiat form.” Marshall Islands to issue own sovereign cryptocurrency 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z The town decided early on to attract crypto-entrepreneurs, for example by allowing companies to incorporate based on bitcoin wealth, rather than insisting that it be converted into fiat currency. A banking centre seeks to reinvent itself 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z Government isn’t the monopoly producer of the unit of value like it is when central banks create fiat money. Venezuela’s ‘Crypto’ Con 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z The second is the question of whether creditors will be repaid in bitcoin or fiat currency, which the trustee is still considering. Inside the bizarre upside-down bankruptcy of Mt. Gox 2018-03-22T04:00:00Z However, the current hoarding of gold means that the Kremlin very clearly appreciates the risks of fiat currencies. Russians are hoarding gold while U.S. piles up debt 2018-02-22T05:00:00Z “As a country, we reserve the right to issue a currency in whatever form it is, whether in digital or fiat form.” Marshall Islands to issue own sovereign cryptocurrency 2018-02-28T05:00:00Z Through legislative fiat and force of will, Mr. Orban has transformed the country into a political greenhouse for an odd kind of soft autocracy, combining crony capitalism and far-right rhetoric with a single-party political culture. As West Fears the Rise of Autocrats, Hungary Shows What’s Possible 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z The men and women profiled in “Black Fortunes” dodged lynch mobs and assassins, and outwitted conspiracies to steal their fortunes by legislative fiat. Review | Fighting extreme discrimination, they became America’s first black millionaires 2018-02-09T05:00:00Z “We are seeing the return of an authoritarian, imperial presidency in our country and rule by fiat, and this must be resisted,” he told the Kenya Television Network ahead of the ceremony. Former Kenyan VP: Home attacked in “assassination attempt” 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The transfers were then converted back into fiat currencies, which amount to unrecorded capital outflows. South Korea says uncovered about $600 million in cryptocurrency crimes 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z “It seems like a fiat accompli that the presidency will be passed to Diaz-Canel, but it will be a very, very managed transition.” Raul Castro’s exit delay puts Miguel Diaz-Canel’s Cuba succession in question 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z “Through legislative fiat and force of will, Mr. Orban has transformed the country into a political greenhouse for an odd kind of soft autocracy, combining crony capitalism and far-right rhetoric with a single-party political culture.” As West Fears the Rise of Autocrats, Hungary Shows What’s Possible 2018-02-10T05:00:00Z Tether claims that all of its coins are backed by US dollars held in reserve or other fiat currencies, although it hasn’t provided hard evidence to confirm this. US regulators are investigating a major cryptocurrency exchange, raising suspicions of fraud 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z Korean regulators Tuesday said only individuals with verified bank accounts linked to cryptocurrency exchanges will be able to inject more fiat money into virtual currencies. Noose Tightens on Anonymous Cryptocurrency Trading in South Korea 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The transfers were then converted back into fiat currencies, which amount to unrecorded capital outflows. South Korea says uncovered about $600 million in cryptocurrency crimes 2018-01-30T05:00:00Z The harder-core pundits say: “Even the US Federal Reserve is a bunch ‘a’ crooks, stealing your money via inflation, and that nasty fiat currency they issue is nothing but toilet paper!” So you're thinking about investing in bitcoin? Don't 2018-01-15T05:00:00Z A critical institution such as the judiciary should not be polarized by mortality, scandal or fiat. Opinion | Is There Life After Liberalism? 2018-01-13T05:00:00Z China wants to build an innovation capital by fiat. Distrusting China’s medical system, patients turn to U.S. doctors online 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Virtual accounts are bank accounts used by investors to hold or receive fiat money when they buy or sell cryptocurrency. South Korea Steps Up Cryptocurrency Inspections at Banks 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z In other words, even the weakest version of the travel ban is still vulnerable because Mr. Trump drafted an ideological order by fiat instead of going through the normal processes of governing. Opinion | Trump’s travel ban is still indefensible 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z It isn’t as simple as by fiat saying no weapons in the Senate gallery. Banning guns in Senate gallery is symbolism over substance 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z Xiongan is intended to avoid those downsides through a more controlled approach — the world's most modern, sustainable city created by fiat. China wants to build an innovation capital by fiat. Can it? – LA Times 2018-01-02T05:00:00Z The decision is a victory for the rule of law and another rebuke to progressives who try to ignore democratic consent to impose their climate agenda by regulatory fiat. Washington’s Carbon Overreach 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z Driver’s licenses, for example, are recognized across states by an interstate agreement, not by congressional fiat. Liberal off mark on gun-rights bill 2017-12-20T05:00:00Z The same goes for any other major fiat currency. How the Winklevoss Twins Found Vindication in a Bitcoin Fortune 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z “In five years, if you try to use fiat currency, they will laugh at you,” says major Silicon Valley investor Tim Draper. Perspective | Five myths about bitcoin 2017-12-15T05:00:00Z To the adviser who recounted it, the story revealed what Trump expected being president would be like — ruling by fiat, exacting tribute and cutting backroom deals. Behind the curtain of Trump’s presidency 2017-12-10T05:00:00Z To the adviser who recounted it, the story revealed what Mr. Trump expected being president would be like — ruling by fiat, exacting tribute and cutting back room deals. Inside Trump’s Hour-by-Hour Battle for Self-Preservation 2017-12-09T05:00:00Z What leaders there learned was that a top-down social revolution can’t work by fiat; it requires a profound investment in the people it expects to change. Perspective | Saudi Arabia’s crown prince wants to reengineer his country. Is that even possible? 2017-11-30T05:00:00Z That way half the country doesn’t feel like they’ve lost by fiat. Fighting Gay Rights and Abortion With the First Amendment 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z And whether a given policy is enacted by presidential fiat or by the steady and deliberate workings of Congress matters a great deal. Opinion | It’s all about the president now 2017-10-26T04:00:00Z Democracy, which properly is government by persuasion rather than majority bullying or executive or judicial policy fiats, is a search for splittable differences. Opinion | Democrats are the real abortion extremists 2017-10-18T04:00:00Z Not taking the hint, Mr. Trump is now trying to undercut Obamacare’s insurance pool by executive fiat, sidestepping Congress. Opinion | Trump ramps up the Obamacare sabotage campaign 2017-10-12T04:00:00Z Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., who heads the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, said Sunday he would be willing to support bump stock restrictions either by fiat or by a new law. NRA opposes full ban on ‘bump stocks’ used by Vegas gunman 2017-10-09T04:00:00Z Sen. Ron Johnson, R-Wisc., who heads the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committee, said Sunday he would be willing to support bump stock restrictions either by fiat or by a new law. Feinstein: Congress, not exec branch, must ban ‘bump stocks’ 2017-10-08T04:00:00Z Overturning a carefully and legally formulated regulation with a hasty, scientifically unsupported legislative fiat is something we expect from the Trump administration, not from the D.C. Opinion | Dogs don’t belong in D.C. restaurants 2017-10-06T04:00:00Z But in a free society, and in the absence of a clear scientific standard, such decisions should remain with the consciences of individuals, not a matter of federal fiat. Opinion | House Republicans’ unforgiving assault on the freedom to choose 2017-10-05T04:00:00Z Before taking that step, he had tried to work with Congress, explaining repeatedly that he lacked the power to impose such a change by fiat. Editorials from around New England 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Whether it does is a test of its appetite for creating an economy based on rules, not fiat. A legal vulnerability at the heart of China’s big internet firms 2017-09-14T04:00:00Z Paper money is sometimes called fiat money - the Latin word "fiat" means "let it be done". How Chinese mulberry bark paved the way for paper money - BBC News 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z The threat of additional federal protections by executive fiat forced Alaskan lawmakers to compromise on the 1980 Alaska National Interest Lands Conservation Act, signed by Carter just a month before he left office. Ex-Interior Secretary who helped conserve Alaska land dies 2017-08-25T04:00:00Z They will not rise by fiat, however, but only by improving productivity across the economy. Labor Wants to Make Nafta Its Friend. Here’s the Problem. 2017-08-22T04:00:00Z What’s true is that old forms of censorship — by administrative fiat, governing boards, government regulations and prosecutors — are less common than they once were. Perspective | Conservatives say campus speech is under threat. That’s been true for most of history. 2017-08-11T04:00:00Z But the paper’s most striking idea is that the national equivalent of equity is fiat money. Why national accounts might be like corporate balance-sheets 2017-08-03T04:00:00Z But the government soon moved stealthily to a fiat system, maintaining the principle but abandoning the practice of redeeming jiaozi for metal. How Chinese mulberry bark paved the way for paper money - BBC News 2017-09-10T04:00:00Z Trump seeks to govern by whim and fiat. Opinion | The worst is yet to come 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Ergo the notion, evidenced by Microsoft's shift to fully authored devices like the Surface line, that the company is finally heeding that Jobs-ian fiat. How Microsoft Is Stealing Apple’s Cool Factor 2017-06-20T04:00:00Z And maybe not everything is reconcilable by his magnificent Elysian fiat. Emmanuel Macron's conquest is complete - what now? - BBC News 2017-06-18T04:00:00Z Here was a group advocating for termination by legislative fiat of an embattled, marginal community, and one with a strong culture based in a traditional livelihood that was more or less sustainable. In Montana, land transfer threatens the American rancher's way of life 2017-06-06T04:00:00Z The perceived strengths of Bitcoin as an alternative to fiat money — that it moves around pseudonymously, and thus is much harder for feds to track or seize accounts — are also its weaknesses. Recent ransomware attacks raise the question: Is Bitcoin only for cybercriminals? 2017-05-16T04:00:00Z With the powers he has aggregated to himself, he can rule by fiat. Americans are witnessing a slow motion coup 2017-05-10T04:00:00Z Still, the C919 will inevitably sell in China under government fiat, and it may also find buyers among small southeast Asian and African nations dependent on China. Chinese rival to Boeing 737 and Airbus A320 set for first flight 2017-05-04T04:00:00Z But Fitton warned that Trump, like every president who governs by executive fiat, faces the possibility that his actions might be invalidated or reversed by the courts or his successor. Trump’s executive orders are signed with fanfare — but they deliver little punch 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z Moreover, creating a culture by regulatory fiat is difficult to do. Focus on Bank Culture Is an Odd Regulatory Strategy 2017-03-14T04:00:00Z “He tries to find a way around Congress to implement the same idea through executive fiat.” Trump moves leave LGBT groups, religious conservatives wary 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z For years, Republicans skewered Obama for allegedly ruling by fiat, accusing him of acting like an “emperor” for using executive orders to push through his agenda. Republicans mum as Trump adopts Obama tactics 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z “You’re not an emperor who rules by fiat,” Herrera said at a news conference, describing the message he wants to send to Trump. San Francisco sues Donald Trump over order targeting 'sanctuary cities' 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z It’s as if we’ve reverted to the late 19th century when laws were passed to bar Chinese entry to the United States, but this time the action is by executive fiat and trained on Muslims. Donald Trump's executive order means he is now officially gunning for Muslims | Moustafa Bayoumi 2017-01-27T05:00:00Z One — Apple Inc. — is a consumer business whose demand is driven by public taste rather than government fiat, while Yum! A Trump-inspired trade war isn’t Boeing’s biggest China concern 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z The bitcoin surge isn’t because there is a sudden crusade against fiat money from anarcho-capitalist libertarians in the nominally communist country, but more about the constant weakening of the Chinese yuan. Chinese Yuan Is Other Side of Bouncing Bitcoin 2017-01-05T05:00:00Z The Reagan administration vetoed resolutions containing such language on the grounds that the future of Jerusalem is to be negotiated and not decided by U.N. fiat. Don’t blame Israel alone for the lack of peace 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z But we should not allow them to be decided by cultural fiat. Faith That Upholds Humanity—and Liberty 2016-12-29T05:00:00Z Because the agency chose to make these changes through fiat rather than the notice and comment procedures required by the Administrative Procedure Act, such a reversal is fairly simple. Time to Reform the Kangaroo Courts on Campus 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Mr. Maduro was forced to modify his fiat, extending the currency’s validity to Jan. 2 and reopening the borders. Venezuela is lurching closer and closer to chaos 2016-12-26T05:00:00Z The passion for regulating everything by fiat is way out of hand. The good and bad on regulation 2016-12-18T05:00:00Z A change in U.S. policy to unleash U.N. fiats is hardly likely to affect that dynamic. Don’t blame Israel alone for the lack of peace 2017-01-04T05:00:00Z President-elect Trump is now drawing on that same populist tradition as he pledges to undo many progressive achievements by executive fiat. Donald Trump and the Overinflated Presidency 2016-12-16T05:00:00Z Never mind Obama’s egregious approval, by executive fiat, of what proponents admit is a legally binding agreement. Editorials from around Pennsylvania 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z Pruitt and Strange said the Clean Power Plan works by “executive fiat,” and said that it will shutter coal-fired power plants and increase the cost of energy. Donald Trump picked Oklahoma AG Scott Pruitt, a climate denier, to run the Environmental Protection Agency 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z President Obama spent his final six years in office—and especially the last two—governing largely by executive fiat. Reversing Rule by Regulation 2016-11-17T05:00:00Z “It was all edicts — fiat government,” said Mark Krikorian, executive director of the Center for Immigration Studies, which advocates for lower immigration levels. Trump’s win exposes Obama’s struggle to speak to the entire nation 2016-11-10T05:00:00Z They’re solid reasons, too, for ending the practice of setting aside federal lands by presidential fiat. Editorials from around Oregon 2016-10-31T04:00:00Z The day before the Comey note to Congress emerged, Trump told another gathering of deplorables that perhaps the election ought to be canceled, and that Trump himself handed the victory by fiat. “It might be not as rigged as I thought, right?”: Donald Trump suggested we cancel the elections then James Comey cheered him up 2016-10-30T04:00:00Z It would then be forced to pass legislation simply giving effect to a decision taken by executive fiat. Without a Constitution, ‘Brexit’ Is Guided by a Prerogative. But Whose? 2016-10-16T04:00:00Z For a Venetian used to gold coins, the world’s first fiat currency was a marvel. From base to gold 2016-10-06T04:00:00Z “Entirely without precedent” and “unilateral fiat” were among the ways Judge Shepherd described Gov. Bevin’s action. Kentucky editorial roundup 2016-10-05T04:00:00Z As Ms. Witty and Mr. Krogius write, the marvel, not miracle, occurred despite petty conflicts among public officials and without a Robert Moses to impose his own formula by fiat. Brooklyn Bridge Park’s Long Path to Development 2016-09-16T04:00:00Z Running a consistent deficit is the path towards bankruptcy or the fiat currency alternative, hyperinflation. Why the TPP Deal Won’t Improve Our Security 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z A fiscal definition of income is a political one, not an economic one, as what is taxable changes from year to year by government fiat, and from country to country. Income inequality is cyclical 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z “If these habitats are still ‘pristine’ after 40 years of fishing, how can a serious argument be made that the area is in imminent danger and in need of immediate, unilateral protection by presidential fiat?” Obama Creates Connecticut-Size Ocean Park, First in Atlantic 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Modern tyrannies depend on state control of national memories — retroactive truths established by government fiat. Putin goes full Orwell 2016-09-14T04:00:00Z This is too important to be done by executive fiat. The pros and cons of Gov. Hogan’s executive order on schools 2016-09-09T04:00:00Z The president really controls a very small sphere, and even if they enact policies through an executive fiat that are quite bad, that very rarely happens. Playing Politics With the Job Market 2016-08-19T04:00:00Z Relying on such an index would allow government officials to peg the loan size to market data rather than by government fiat alone. Bigger Loans for STEM Students 2016-08-14T04:00:00Z Ignoring the fiat of the Supreme Constitutional Court, he ordered the dissolved Islamist-dominated Parliament reinstated. Fractured Lands: How the Arab World Came Apart 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z While the Obama Administration is speeding up its rule by fiat, the judiciary is sometimes standing up to it. The FCC Gets Throttled 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z After voters revolted against one-party Democratic rule—delivering the House to Republicans in 2010 and the Senate in 2014—he proceeded to rule by fiat. Obama Gets Too Rosy, Too Late 2016-07-28T04:00:00Z Democrats resisted him on cap and trade and union card check, but he has since achieved by executive fiat most of what he wanted on climate change and labor organizing. Obama’s Age of Discord 2016-07-26T04:00:00Z No one sane wants to close banks by fiat, so the search for policies focuses on indirect approaches that would tamp down speculation and lower costs incrementally. Is It Time for a Financial Transactions Tax? 2016-07-18T04:00:00Z If you are worried about authoritarianism and fascism, the real culprit is moral certainty and ideology, which allows any kind of rule to be imposed by executive fiat and receive the support of the people. Supreme Court Tie Blocks Obama Immigration Plan 2016-06-23T04:00:00Z Bids to then impose secularism by fiat had unintended consequences. How others do it 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z “I think when Obama was passing legislation by fiat and not going to Congress, everyone just lost the way,” Quinlan said. How an obscure nonprofit in Washington protects tax havens for the rich 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z “I don’t remember a real fiat from on high,” Lipsyte said. In the Ring He was Ali, but in the Newspapers He Was Still Clay 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z To slow climate change, it seems that policymakers must find a way to slow carbon dioxide emissions, whether by fiat or a carbon tax or cap and trade. Have we learned anything from the failures of the ’70s? 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z Trump frequently declares that he will be able to fix things – be it the threat from the Islamic State or the drought in California – almost by fiat. The Pitfalls of a CEO President 2016-06-03T04:00:00Z The lawsuit filed Wednesday argues that the Obama administration was “officially foisting its new version of federal law” on schools and accuses federal officials of seeking “to rewrite Title IX by executive fiat.” Eleven states sue Obama administration over bathroom guidance for transgender students 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z LePage’s spokeswoman defended his action: “The President is dictating by fiat and Governors are pushing back.” LePage at odds with Maine liberals over transgender lawsuit 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Ramping up the simmering battles over contentious cultural issues in America, the states, led by Texas, accused the federal government of rewriting laws by "administrative fiat." State officials sue U.S. government over transgender bathroom policy 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z Ramping up the culture wars in America, the states, led by Texas, accused the federal government of rewriting laws by “administrative fiat”. Eleven states sue US government over transgender bathroom policy 2016-05-25T04:00:00Z “Coal-fired power plants have been mothballed and are being disassembled, and that capacity is gone. It’s not even close to something you could reverse by administrative fiat.” Economic Promises a President Trump Could (and Couldn’t) Keep 2016-05-21T04:00:00Z Saudi Arabia's dynastic leaders, who rule by fiat and strictly limit public dissent, have historically courted public opinion only via informal councils with tribal, religious and business leaders or citizens seeking to petition them. Saudi Arabia's rulers adapt message for social media age 2016-05-24T04:00:00Z “This is an extreme revision in the white-collar threshold. By executive fiat, the Department of Labor is effectively demoting millions of workers,” David French, of the National Retail Federation, told the Times. Will the New Overtime Rules Really Hurt Workers? 2016-05-20T04:00:00Z But would resorting to the large-scale creation and distribution of fiat money actually do what it is supposed to do: increase spending throughout the economy? Raghuram Rajan and the Dangers of Helicopter Money 2016-05-13T04:00:00Z At the time, editors of scientific journals made publishing decisions by personal fiat, perhaps in consultation with some trusted helpers. Peer review: Troubled from the start 2016-04-18T04:00:00Z And he’s already quite adept at using public subsidies and government fiats to amass a large and growing land empire. The case for making Donald Trump king of America 2016-04-11T04:00:00Z Obama’s position gave the Palestinians cover to refuse conversations until the Israelis met his fiat. Editorials from around New York 2016-04-06T04:00:00Z Religion is not for every believer incompatible with science, of course, nor the world any less wonderful to them for being governed by discoverable, natural laws and not unknowable magical fiat. New presenters of amazing programs on science are helping to create exciting catalysts for thought 2016-04-01T04:00:00Z Creating a patchwork of conflicting regulations and laws across the country by judicial fiat is certainly not what our businesses, large and small, need to help them succeed. Jon Huntsman and Joseph Lieberman: The Republican SCOTUS Blockade Is 'Not Acceptable' 2016-03-25T04:00:00Z Under this accounting gimmick, religious and nonprofit employers still remain the legal gateway for, and are forced to pay for the coverage, which in turn includes the objectionable services for their employees by government fiat. Obama's Religious 'Accommodation' on Birth Control Coverage Is a Gimmick 2016-03-22T04:00:00Z Could such bitterness really have been assuaged by royal fiat? The cult of memory: when history does more harm than good | David Rieff 2016-03-02T05:00:00Z “Newer money is decentralized. Older money is fiat,” the new parody says. PayPal Puts a Stop to Bitcoin-Inspired Ad Parody 2016-02-11T05:00:00Z The effect would be to institute by fiat the “cap and trade” scheme for carbon emissions that the Obama administration failed to push through Congress in 2009. Pulling the Plug on Obama’s Power Plan 2016-02-10T05:00:00Z But for Sanders, Obama’s difficulties with Congress are proof that change cannot come by presidential fiat alone. On the campaign bus with Bernie Sanders: 'I am moved by the passion' 2016-02-02T05:00:00Z "He's effectively vowing to be an American Mussolini, concentrating power in the Trump White House and governing by fiat," wrote David Boaz, executive vice president of the Cato Institute. It's On: National Review, 22 Conservatives Openly Denounce Trump 2016-01-22T05:00:00Z “This is just another example of regulatory fiat that raises even more questions for employers,” said senior vice president Matt Haller. Department of Labor sends warning shot to clients of temp staffing agencies 2016-01-20T05:00:00Z No president should be able to reverse legislative failure by executive fiat, not even incrementally. President Obama Targets Gun Show Loophole in New Executive Actions 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z No president should be able to reverse legislative failure by executive fiat, not even incrementally ... Obama moves on gun control action after meeting with attorney general 2016-01-04T05:00:00Z Executive fiat has again reared its ugly head in Virginia. Endangering Virginians by executive fiat 2015-12-31T05:00:00Z Forget public Nativity scenes, as court fiat commanded us to do years ago. The Year Christmas Died 2015-12-23T05:00:00Z That judicial remedy would guarantee Bush’s receipt of Florida’s electoral votes by legislative fiat—and, with them, the presidency. George W. Bush vs. Al Gore, 15 years later: We really did inaugurate the wrong guy 2015-12-19T05:00:00Z After years of fruitless battles with Congress, Obama has repeatedly taken sweeping action himself, most notably on immigration and climate change, and a gun fiat of far-reaching consequence would fit that pattern. Inside President Obama's shift on how to curb gun violence 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z Michael Richter of Connecticut argued for “removal of guns from the civilian population through federal legislative fiat and buyback program — exempting only bona fide hunting firearms.” How to Stop Mass Shootings in America: Times Readers Respond 2015-12-10T05:00:00Z Life on the innovation end of the continuum is volatile, fractious, and personal—less a genteel cocktail party, governed benignly by bureaucratic fiat, than the raucous bender where your boss passes out in a bathtub. How to Cure Cancer 2015-12-14T05:00:00Z Is that because Charleston’s innocent churchgoers commanded more moral empathy than innocent abortion rights advocates, or is it because those opposed to abortion are by fiat more moral than white supremacists? Applying a double standard to the Planned Parenthood shooting 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z “As he gets closer to the end of his term, he’s becoming more desperate to deliver a victory for gun control by executive fiat.” White House Seeks Path to Executive Action on Gun Sales 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z "States are constantly handed unfunded mandates and executive fiats that they are forced to implement with minimal direction and no way to pay for them." Senator Slams Spending on Silent Shakespeare, 'Federal Match.com' 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z So he decided to impose a similarly regressive energy policy, his so-called Clean Power Plan , by executive fiat. Obama doesn’t have the power to sign onto international environment commitments 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Two years later, at a council meeting, Carson suggested that, if insurance could be made more affordable, universal coverage could be achieved by fiat. Ben Carson, Conservative Folk Hero 2015-11-30T05:00:00Z The policy decisions at issue in this case are best resolved not by judicial fiat, but via the political process. Obama takes immigration leniency plan to the Supreme Court 2015-11-20T05:00:00Z Under applicable law, the attorney general cannot and should not shut down daily fantasy sports through fiat and heavy-handed threats without first seeking a court order.” FanDuel and DraftKings Prepare for Court Fight in New York 2015-11-11T05:00:00Z Similarly, conservatives have insisted that large questions of public policy should be decided by the legislative process and not by presidential fiat through executive orders. Today’s Republican Hardliners Aren’t ‘Conservatives’—They’re Revolutionaries 2015-10-15T04:00:00Z It is the point of democracy to adjudicate among such conflicting claims through some means other than fiat or force, but Thoreau was not interested in that process. Henry David Thoreau, Hypocrite 2015-10-19T04:00:00Z "By executive fiat, with the stroke of a pen, our financial model goes to pot," he said. New York 1st state to OK $15 minimum wage for fast-food employees; to be phased in 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z Vecsey later apologized for having slighted the suffering of Cambodia, but he held to his contention that Klein ruled by dictatorial fiat. The Life and Death of an Urban School 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Whether or not you think fiat currencies are ultimately doomed, it is clear that this logic is flawed for miners. Gold Miners’ Stocks Just Aren’t That Special 2015-08-10T04:00:00Z Last week, Alaska Governor Bill Walker announced that he will bypass the legislative process and implement Obamacare’s Medicaid expansion by executive fiat. The Hubris of Gov. Bill Walker's Obamacare Medicaid Expansion in Alaska 2015-07-23T04:00:00Z Alternately grisly, funny, tragic and thought-provoking, Rotter explores what might happen to people trapped in a postscience world run by libertarian fiat—and what giving in to their own impulses might cost them. Book Review: The Only Words That Are Worth Remembering 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z By government fiat, new stock listings are being curtailed. Will the Communist Party Save China's Tanking Stock Market? 2015-07-06T04:00:00Z If after more than six years as President the economy hasn’t increased take-home pay, here’s an idea: Declare that millions of Americans get a raise by government fiat. Free Raises for Everyone 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z He warns, however, that there is a dark side to achieving their objective by judicial fiat. Gay marriage: It's a 'judicial Putsch' warns dissenting Scalia - BBC News 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z But this logic is lost when labor costs rise by government fiat without adding one extra unit of productivity. It's Time to Tell the Truth About Minimum Wage 2015-06-26T04:00:00Z Forty-four years ago, when the U.S. made the switch to a fiat currency system, the federal government owed $399 billion. The Glitter Of Gold In An Age Of Soaring Debt 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z The current fiat currency system in the U.S. is more than 40 years old. History Rife With Disastrous Consequences Of Abandoning Gold Standard 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z That’s correct: it’s the Superman Celebration in Metropolis, Illinois, a town of fewer than 6,500 people that is, officially – both by state fiat and by agreement with DC Comics – Superman’s hometown. Metropolis, Illinois: Superman's official, DC Comics-approved hometown 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z Well, the working groups were established by congressional fiat. A bogus argument against the trade deal 2015-05-19T04:00:00Z And when randomized trials are not possible, there are better designs than self-selection and administrative fiat. When Health Care Cost Studies Get the Facts Wrong 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Such massive debt levels can be reached only in a fiat currency system, where money is easy, virtually limitless and unsecured by anything tangible. The Glitter Of Gold In An Age Of Soaring Debt 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Despite the fact that previous attempts in other countries to adopt fiat currency systems wreaked havoc on their economies, the U.S., under President Richard Nixon, cut all ties between the dollar and gold in 1971. History Rife With Disastrous Consequences Of Abandoning Gold Standard 2015-06-15T04:00:00Z It is an irony of the success of the Reagan Revolution that it permitted fiat money to continue apace. Book Review: The Floating Kilogram, "The Federalist Papers For A Gold Standard" 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z He can ignore Congress, fail to rein in spending and government bureaucracy and issue one executive fiat after another. Time for Obama to Decide to Work With the GOP on Budget Issues 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z “And suddenly,” said Justice Stephen G. Breyer, “you want nine people outside the ballot box” to change that by judicial fiat. ‘Millennia’ of Marriage Being Between Man and Woman Weigh on Justices 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Even so, several financiers and central bankers throughout history tried experimenting with a fiat currency system, a decision which often led to major imbalances between monetary and fiscal policies, and eventually economic depressions. The Glitter Of Gold In An Age Of Soaring Debt 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z France pushed back, and a new fiat currency system that released the dollar from its explicit anchoring role was born, though it nevertheless retained its place as the dominant global currency. China's New Investment Bank: A Premature Prophecy 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z Students of economic history were not so foolish as to endorse fiat currency in the 1940s, as Bretton Woods was gathering, even though Keynes was urging just that. Book Review: The Floating Kilogram, "The Federalist Papers For A Gold Standard" 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z But their victory would be sweeter yet if achieved by ballot rather than by judicial fiat. What’s at Stake in the Supreme Court’s Gay-Marriage Case 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z In most modern economies, in contrast, the currency is fiat money whose supply is controlled by a central bank. Game of Thrones Economics: Why Doesn't Westeros Have A Central Bank? 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z “Essentially the Federal Reserve note is something other than gold and silver so basically we are using fiat currency in order to transact business.” Gov. Doug Ducey vetoes bill making gold legal tender 2015-04-02T04:00:00Z “There was no process by which this decision was made other than executive fiat,” the lawsuit claims. City Council approves $2.45-million deal with Occupy L.A. protesters 2015-04-01T04:00:00Z Opponents counter that he built by fiat, bypassing environmental studies and economic assessments, and that China, seeking to boost its influence on the doorstep of rival India, took advantage of his haste. Former Sri Lanka president's pet projects under review 2015-03-30T04:00:00Z It’s true: The ballot box is better than judicial fiat. What’s at Stake in the Supreme Court’s Gay-Marriage Case 2015-04-28T04:00:00Z However, a modern economy is not a prerequisite for a central bank or fiat money. Game of Thrones Economics: Why Doesn't Westeros Have A Central Bank? 2015-04-18T04:00:00Z |
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