Coins, Covid, Keynes and K-Shaped Recovery

Pepi Martinez, William Huang, Bud Mishra

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingConference contribution

Abstract

Reckless monetary policy, especially in the wake of a pandemic, amplifies the gap between the extreme ends of the income distribution, thus exacerbating the long term effects of income inequality and loss of human capital. Attempts of federal stimulus bills fall short in timing and size, including directing spending towards those most in need. We propose a general smart contract protocol that distributes funds to targeted individuals with programmatic spending enforceability, alleviating the K-Shape recovery that current monetary policy is creating and turn it into the desired V-Shape. Utilizing incentive structures, our model directs spending to help stimulate the economies of targeted communities and struggling businesses. Smart contracts remove the current inefficiencies in the political trust and permission-based solution and allow for more transparency, verification, and incentives to help one’s community in times of need. Such a system allows for a more positive and direct relationship between those with funds and those who need funds.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationFinancial Cryptography and Data Security. FC 2021 International Workshops - CoDecFin, DeFi, VOTING, and WTSC, Revised Selected Papers
EditorsMatthew Bernhard, Andrea Bracciali, Lewis Gudgeon, Thomas Haines, Ariah Klages-Mundt, Shin'ichiro Matsuo, Daniel Perez, Massimiliano Sala, Sam Werner
PublisherSpringer Science and Business Media Deutschland GmbH
Pages611-627
Number of pages17
ISBN (Print)9783662639573
DOIs
StatePublished - 2021
Event2nd Workshop on Coordination of Decentralized Finance, CoDecFin 2021, 1st Workshop on Decentralized Finance, DeFi 2021, 6th Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting, VOTING 2021, and 5th Workshop on Trusted Smart Contracts, WTSC 2021, held in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2021 - Virtual, Online
Duration: Mar 5 2021Mar 5 2021

Publication series

NameLecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)
Volume12676 LNCS
ISSN (Print)0302-9743
ISSN (Electronic)1611-3349

Conference

Conference2nd Workshop on Coordination of Decentralized Finance, CoDecFin 2021, 1st Workshop on Decentralized Finance, DeFi 2021, 6th Workshop on Advances in Secure Electronic Voting, VOTING 2021, and 5th Workshop on Trusted Smart Contracts, WTSC 2021, held in conjunction with the 25th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security, FC 2021
CityVirtual, Online
Period3/5/213/5/21

Keywords

  • Donation fund
  • Economic stimulus
  • Incentive systems
  • Smart contract
  • Spend tracking

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • General Computer Science

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