Описание: When a pseudonymous programmer introduced “a new electronic cash system that’s fully peer-to-peer, with no trusted third party” to a small online mailing list in 2008, very few paid attention. Ten years later, and against all odds, this upstart autonomous decentralized software offers an unstoppable and globally-accessible hard money alternative to modern central banks. The Bitcoin Standard analyzes the historical context to the rise of Bitcoin, the economic properties that have allowed it to grow quickly, and its likely economic, political, and social implications. While Bitcoin is a new invention of the digital age, the problem it purports to solve is as old as human society itself: transferring value across time and space. Ammous takes the reader on an engaging journey through the history of technologies performing the functions of money, from primitive systems of trading limestones and seashells, to metals, coins, the gold standard, and modern government debt. Exploring what gave these technologies their monetary role, and how most lost it, provides the reader with a good idea of what makes for sound money, and sets the stage for an economic discussion of its consequences for individual and societal future-orientation, capital accumulation, trade, peace, culture, and art. Compellingly, Ammous shows that it is no coincidence that the loftiest achievements of humanity have come in societies enjoying the benefits of sound monetary regimes, nor is it coincidental that monetary collapse has usually accompanied civilizational collapse. With this background in place, the book moves on to explain the operation of Bitcoin in a functional and intuitive way. Bitcoin is a decentralized, distributed piece of software that converts electricity and processing power into indisputably accurate records, thus allowing its users to utilize the Internet to perform the traditional functions of money without having to rely on, or trust, any authorities or infrastructure in the physical world. Bitcoin is thus best understood as the first successfully implemented form of digital cash and digital hard money. With an automated and perfectly predictable monetary policy, and the ability to perform final settlement of large sums across the world in a matter of minutes, Bitcoin’s real competitive edge might just be as a store of value and network for final settlement of large payments—a digital form of gold with a built-in settlement infrastructure. Ammous’ firm grasp of the technological possibilities as well as the historical realities of monetary evolution provides for a fascinating exploration of the ramifications of voluntary free market money. As it challenges the most sacred of government monopolies, Bitcoin shifts the pendulum of sovereignty away from governments in favor of individuals, offering us the tantalizing possibility of a world where money is fully extricated from politics and unrestrained by borders. The final chapter of the book explores some of the most common questions surrounding Bitcoin: Is Bitcoin mining a waste of energy? Is Bitcoin for criminals? Who controls Bitcoin, and can they change it if they please? How can Bitcoin be killed? And what to make of all the thousands of Bitcoin knock-offs, and the many supposed applications of Bitcoin’s ‘blockchain technology’? The Bitcoin Standard is the essential resource for a clear understanding of the rise of the Internet’s decentralized, apolitical, free-market alternative to national central banks.
Автор: Little, Jeffrey B. Название: Understanding wall street ISBN: 0071633227 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780071633222 Издательство: McGraw-Hill Рейтинг: Цена: 2744.00 р. Наличие на складе: Поставка под заказ.
Описание: An investing classic--updated to meet the realities of a changing economy
Автор: Celso Jose Costa Название: Understanding DSGE models ISBN: 1622731336 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781622731336 Издательство: Неизвестно Рейтинг: Цена: 13058.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Автор: Matthews Kent Название: Economics of Banking ISBN: 1118639200 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781118639207 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 8546.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The Economics of Banking describes and explains the behaviour of banks by examining trends and operations in banking within a mathematically accessible microeconomic framework.
Автор: Pierre L. Siklos Название: The Changing Face of Central Banking ISBN: 052178025X ISBN-13(EAN): 9780521780254 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 17424.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explores the evolution of central banks since World War II in 20 industrial countries. The study considers the mix of economic, political and institutional forces that have affected central bank behaviour and its relationship with government.
Автор: Jocelyn Pixley Название: Central Banks, Democratic States and Financial Power ISBN: 1107552346 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781107552340 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6019.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book explains how conflicting social forces shape policies of central banking towards bank money production and the money of democratic governments. It examines the complex relations of central banks to their governments and private global banks and will appeal to those curious about what central banks contribute to economies and distribution.
Автор: Bessis Joel Название: Risk Management in Banking ISBN: 1118660218 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781118660218 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 6653.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: The seminal guide to risk management, streamlined and updated Risk Management in Banking is a comprehensive reference for the risk management industry, covering all aspects of the field.
Автор: Cochrane John Название: Central Bank Governance and Oversight Reform ISBN: 0817919244 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780817919245 Издательство: Turpin Рейтинг: Цена: 2062.00 р. Наличие на складе: Нет в наличии.
Описание: How can we balance a central bank`s authority and independence with needed accountability and constraints? Drawn from a 2015 Hoover Institution conference, this book features distinguished scholars and policy makers` discussing this and other key questions.
Автор: Nyborg, K. Название: Collateral Frameworks.The Open Secret of Central Banks ISBN: 1316609545 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781316609545 Издательство: Cambridge Academ Рейтинг: Цена: 6494.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: This book is for academic monetary and financial economists, as a supplementary text in graduate courses and seminars, and for practitioners in banking and policy-making institutions. It is the first study of the importance of collateral frameworks in monetary policy, focusing on the euro, the euro crisis, and the European Central Bank.
Автор: Dietsch Peter Название: Do Central Banks Serve the People? ISBN: 1509525777 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781509525775 Издательство: Wiley Рейтинг: Цена: 1582.00 р. Наличие на складе: Есть у поставщика Поставка под заказ.
Описание: Central banks have become the go-to institution of modern economies. In the wake of the 2007 financial crisis, they injected trillions of dollars of liquidity through a process known as quantitative easing first to prevent financial meltdown and later to stimulate the economy.
Central bankers have emerged from the financial crisis as the third great pillar of unelected power alongside the judiciary and the military. They pull the regulatory and financial levers of our economic well-being, yet unlike democratically elected leaders, their power does not come directly from the people. Unelected Power lays out the principles needed to ensure that central bankers, technocrats, regulators, and other agents of the administrative state remain stewards of the common good and do not become overmighty citizens.
Paul Tucker draws on a wealth of personal experience from his many years in domestic and international policymaking to tackle the big issues raised by unelected power, and enriches his discussion with examples from the United States, Britain, France, Germany, and the European Union. Blending economics, political theory, and public law, Tucker explores the necessary conditions for delegated but politically insulated power to be legitimate in the eyes of constitutional democracy and the rule of law. He explains why the solution must fit with how real-world government is structured, and why technocrats and their political overseers need incentives to make the system work as intended. Tucker explains how the regulatory state need not be a fourth branch of government free to steer by its own lights, and how central bankers can emulate the best of judicial self-restraint and become models of dispersed power.
Like it or not, unelected power has become a hallmark of modern government. This critically important book shows how to harness it to the people's purposes.
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