Hello I'm Simon Long, the finance editor of the Economist and this is Money Talks.

Coming up this week, businesses leave Catalonia in the face of political uncertainty.

What's a problem is when the law doesn't seem to be respected.

So he said, you know, when there's a break of the rule of law, when you can't trust that the laws are going to be respected, then your trust in the

whole system breaks and you rush away.

And the Jedi effect.

Can the remake Save Hollywood?

It'll definitely do well.

The question is, will it do as well as The Force Awakens,

episode 7 or 207 of the Star Wars Saga?

But first, the price of a Bitcoin, the famous cryptocurrency, has rocketed from under

$2,000 six months ago to more than 17,000 as we speak.

Trading in Bitcoin futures began on the Chicago Board options exchange this week,

and the CME group launches its own futures next week.

The meteoric rises are drawing in waves of speculative money.

So should we all be piling in?

Philip Coggin, our Buttonwood columnist joins me now.

Hello, Philip. Hello,

Simon.

I mean obviously because you write about it, I don't suppose you're allowed to invest in

Bitcoin, but is that a matter of regret to you or are you feeling rather relieved

to be on the sidelines?

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