The Bitcoin standard the decentralized alternative to central banking
"Bitcoin is the digital age's novel, decentralized, and automated solution to the problem of money: accessible worldwide, controlled by nobody. Can this young upstart money challenge the global monetary order? Economist Saifedean Ammous traces the history of the technologies of money to se...
| Main Author: | Ammous, Saifedean, 1980- (Author) |
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| Format: | Books Print Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Hoboken, New Jersey :
John Wiley & Sons, Inc.,
[2018]
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| Summary: |
"Bitcoin is the digital age's novel, decentralized, and automated solution to the problem of money: accessible worldwide, controlled by nobody. Can this young upstart money challenge the global monetary order? Economist Saifedean Ammous traces the history of the technologies of money to seashells, limestones, cattle, salt, beads, metals, and government debt, explaining what gave these technologies their monetary role, what makes for sound money, and the benefits of a sound monetary regime to economic growth, innovation, culture, trade, individual freedom, and international peace"-- |
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| Physical Description: |
xviii, 286 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Bibliography: |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781119473862 1119473861 |
| Author Notes: |
SAIFEDEAN AMMOUS, P H D, is a Professor of Economics at the Lebanese American University, and member of the Center on Capitalism and Society at Columbia University. |