# Krugman experiences a permissioned system

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**Published by:** [Trading The Metagame](https://paragraph.com/@ryan/)
**Published on:** 2023-03-10
**URL:** https://paragraph.com/@ryan/krugman-experiences-a-permissioned-system

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Not a dunk on Venmo or Krugman, but amusing nonetheless. Marc Andreessen @pmarca This is the second greatest Paul Krugman moment. 11.6K 8:07 AM • Mar 8, 2023 Reminds me of an old quote I read somewhere:Decentralization doesn't matter until it's the only thing that matters.Crypto may not have many use cases at the moment, but permissionless payments is one of them.

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