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020 _a9781119473862
040 _aBD-DhBPA
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082 0 0 _a332.1
_bAMB 2018
100 1 _aAmmous, Saifedean
245 1 4 _aThe bitcoin standard :
_bthe decentralized alternative to central banking /
_cSaifedean Ammous.
260 _aNew Jersey :
_bWiley & Sons,
_c2018
300 _axviii, 286 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c20 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 275-281) and index.
520 _a"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"--
590 _aMorsheda Aktar
650 0 _aBitcoin.
_9154024
650 0 _aElectronic commerce.
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