Central Bank Digital Currencies: Financial Infrastructure and State Visibility
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Over 130 countries are exploring or piloting CBDCs, with the digital euro advancing through EU legislation and China's e-CNY already in wide circulation — raising unresolved questions about financial inclusion, transaction privacy, and the scope of government access to spending data. Over 130 countries are now exploring or piloting central bank digital currencies, with the digital euro advancing through legislative stages in the EU and China's e-CNY already in wide circulation. Proponents argue CBDCs can boost financial inclusion, reduce transaction costs, and improve monetary policy transmission. Critics — spanning libertarians, privacy advocates, and some mainstream economists — warn that programmable money gives governments unprecedented visibility into, and potential control over, individual spending. — Independent bias measurement: lean -2.0 (−10..+10) · epistemic quality 7.7/10 · scored by 3 external AI judges (DeepSeek, Cohere, Llama). Methodology: https://hellohumans.ai/methodology
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