The bitcoin standard : the decentralized alternative to central banking / Saifedean Ammous.

"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...

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Online Access: Full Text (via EBSCO)
Main Author: Ammous, Saifedean, 1980- (Author)
Format: eBook
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"--
Physical Description:1 online resource.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781119473893
1119473896
9781119473916
1119473918
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 25, 2018)