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New Private Monies: A Bit-Part Player? (Hobart Papers)
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Paperback. Series: Hobart Papers. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: KCP; KFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 151 x 197 x 7. Weight in Grams: 130.
New forms of private monies regularly hit the newspaper headlines. However, there is relatively little discussion of whether such innovations will last the pace and perform effectively the functions that we expect of money. This monograph, by one of the leading scholars in the field of private money and free banking, examines new innovations such as Bitcoin, the Liberty Dollar and e-gold. Kevin Dowd concludes that competition in this field is welcome given the lamentable history of state money which has seen its purchasing power shrink greatly over the years. However, the author also concludes that, whilst recent developments in ... Read more
New forms of private monies regularly hit the newspaper headlines. However, there is relatively little discussion of whether such innovations will last the pace and perform effectively the functions that we expect of money. This monograph, by one of the leading scholars in the field of private money and free banking, examines new innovations such as Bitcoin, the Liberty Dollar and e-gold. Kevin Dowd concludes that competition in this field is welcome given the lamentable history of state money which has seen its purchasing power shrink greatly over the years. However, the author also concludes that, whilst recent developments in ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Institute of Economic Affairs
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Series
Hobart Papers
Condition
New
Weight
130g
Number of Pages
116
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780255366946
SKU
V9780255366946
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Kevin Dowd is an economist and Emeritus Professor at The University of Nottingham Business School with research intertests in free banking, pensions and insurance, financial risk measurement and management, monetary economics, and political economy.
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