Subject: Book notes: Money in crisis: the return of instability and the myth of digital cash, by Ignazio Angeloni and Daniel Gros

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Aditya Anand Kumar is a reporter for Central Banking based in London. He previously covered commodity markets in Europe for Argus Media. He holds a master’s degree in International Relations from the London School of Economics. aditya.anandkumar@centralbanking.com