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

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Ammous, Saifedean, 1980-

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TextPublication details: Hoboken, New Jersey : Wiley, [2018].Description: xviii, 286 p. : ill. b&w ; 24 cmISBN:

9781119473862 (hbk)

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DDC classification:

332.4

Contents:

Ch. 1. Money -- Ch. 2. Primitive Moneys -- Ch. 3. Monetary Metals -- Ch. 4. Government Money -- Ch. 5. Money and Time Preference -- Ch. 6. Capitalism’s Information System -- Ch. 7. Sound Money and Individual Freedom -- Ch. 8. Digital Money -- Ch. 9. What Is Bitcoin Good For? -- Ch. 10. Bitcoin Questions.

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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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	Marbella International University Centre Library	332.4 AMM bit (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	11978

Includes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index.

Ch. 1. Money --
Ch. 2. Primitive Moneys --
Ch. 3. Monetary Metals --
Ch. 4. Government Money --
Ch. 5. Money and Time Preference --
Ch. 6. Capitalism’s Information System --
Ch. 7. Sound Money and Individual Freedom --
Ch. 8. Digital Money --
Ch. 9. What Is Bitcoin Good For? --
Ch. 10. Bitcoin Questions.

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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