| The Age Cryptocurrency: How Bitcoin and Digital Money Are Challenging the Global Economic Order Contributor(s): Vigna, Paul (Author), Casey, Michael J. (Author), James, Lloyd (Read by) |
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ISBN: 1469061430 ISBN-13: 9781469061436 Publisher: Gildan Media Corporation OUR PRICE: $26.98 Product Type: Compact Disc - Other Formats Published: May 2015 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Money & Monetary Policy - Business & Economics | E-commerce - General (see Also Computers - Electronic Commerce) |
| Dewey: 332.42 |
| Physical Information: 1.4" H x 5.3" W x 5.7" (0.65 lbs) |
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| Publisher Description: Bitcoin became a buzzword overnight. A cyber-enigma with an enthusiastic following, it pops up in headlines and fuels endless media debate. You can apparently use it to buy anything from coffee to cars, yet few people seem to truly understand what it is. This raises the question: Why should anyone care about bitcoin? In The Age of Cryptocurrency, Wall Street journalists Paul Vigna and Michael J. Casey deliver the definitive answer to this question. Cybermoney is poised to launch a revolution, one that could reinvent traditional financial and social structures while bringing the world's billions of unbanked individuals into a new global economy. Cryptocurrency holds the promise of a financial system without a middleman, one owned by the people who use it and one safeguarded from the devastation of a 2008-type crash. But bitcoin, the most famous of the cybermonies, carries a reputation for instability, wild fluctuation, and illicit business; some fear it has the power to eliminate jobs and to upend the concept of a nation-state. It implies, above all, monumental and wide-reaching change--for better and for worse. But it is here to stay, and you ignore it at your peril. Vigna and Casey demystify cryptocurrency--its origins, its function, and what you need to know to navigate a cyber-economy. The digital currency world will look very different from the paper currency world; The Age of Cryptocurrency will teach you how to be ready. |
Contributor Bio(s): Vigna, Paul: - Paul Vigna is a markets reporter for the Wall Street Journal, covering equities and the economy. He is a columnist and anchor for MoneyBeat. Previously a writer and editor of the MarketTalk column in DowJones Newswires, he has been a guest on the Fox Business Network, CNN, the BBC, and the John Batchelor radio show. He has been interviewed by Bitcoin magazine and appeared on the Bitcoins & Gravy podcast, and he boasts a collective twenty years of journalism experience. Casey, Michael J.: -Michael J. Casey writes for the Wall Street Journal, covering global finance in his Horizons column. He is a frequent contributor to the Journal's MoneyBeat blog. Casey has written for such publications as Foreign Policy, the Washington Post, and the Financial Times. His books include Che's Afterlife and The Unfair Trade. Pratt, Sean: -Lloyd James (a.k.a. Sean Pratt) has been narrating since 1996 and has recorded over six hundred audiobooks. He is a seven-time winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award and has twice been a finalist for the prestigious Audie Award. His critically acclaimed performances include Elvis in the Morning by William F. Buckley Jr. and Searching for Bobby Fischer by Fred Waitzkin, among others. |