International Monetary Economics – Interesting Items

Harvard economist recommends EM central banks to acquire gold reserves instead of hard currency reserves:

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/gold-as-emerging-market-reserve-asset-by-kenneth-rogoff-2016-05

Yanis Varoufakis imagines a new Bretton Woods:

https://www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/imagining-new-bretton-woods-by-yanis-varoufakis-2016-05

ECB decides to ditch the 500 euro note

http://www.nytimes.com/2016/05/05/business/international/ecb-to-remove-500-bill-the-bin-laden-bank-note-criminals.html?ref=economy

Related: http://vivekjayakumar.blogspot.com/2015/09/are-we-headed-towards-cashless-future.html

Zimbabwe’s currency challenge

http://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2016/05/zimbabwe-money/481518/