New private monies : a bit-part player? / / Kevin Dowd
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| Autore: |
Dowd Kevin
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| Titolo: |
New private monies : a bit-part player? / / Kevin Dowd
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| Pubblicazione: | London, [England] : , : The Institute of Economic Affairs, , 2014 |
| ©2014 | |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (115 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 330.4 |
| Soggetto topico: | Money - Economic aspects |
| Monetary policy - Mathematical models | |
| Electronic funds transfers - Social aspects | |
| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Nota di contenuto: | Foreword; The author; Acknowledgements; Summary; figures; Introduction; The liberty dollar; Trading Liberty Dollars for greenbacks; Liberty Dollar notes; The Liberty Dollar in exchange and as a store of value; The Liberty Dollar and the law in the land of liberty; Digital currency; Digital gold currency; Cryptocurrency: bitcoin; The supply of Bitcoin; Figure 1Stock of Bitcoin; The demand for Bitcoin; History of the Bitcoin market; Figure 2Bitcoin market prices and quantities traded; Current state of the Bitcoin market; Threats to Bitcoin; The future of Bitcoin |
| In the long run, is Bitcoin dead?Broader implications of cryptocurrency; Free trade: the Silk Road; Financial freedom; Conclusions; Contemporary private money and the functions of money; Regulation of contemporary private monies; Cryptocurrencies and the transformation of society?; References | |
| Sommario/riassunto: | Kevin Dowd argues that states must allow a level playing field as far as private money is concerned. For too long the government has stifled competition between state-backed and private currencies. Instead, central banks should welcome competition as it forces them to offer consumers greater choice and improved quality. A weakened ability to store value, growing restrictions on finance, oppressive taxes and a lack of financial privacy have resulted in growing frustration at state controlled money. The superior nature of private currencies combined with the financial freedom they offer has led |
| Titolo autorizzato: | New private monies |
| ISBN: | 0-255-36699-X |
| 0-255-36661-2 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910787257303321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Hobart Papers