The political economy and feasibility of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies insights from the history of economic thought
"In The Political Economy and Feasibility of Bitcoin and Cryptocurrencies Spencer J. Pack brings his authority as a scholar and advisor to this study of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies from the perspective of the history of economic thought. Major theorists analyzed in depth include Aristotle, Smi...
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| Language: | English |
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Edward Elgar Publishing
2022, 2022
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Table of Contents:
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Contents: Preface
- Part I: Essential foundations: Before the French revolution
- 1. Introduction to the political economy and feasibility of bitcoin and cryptocurrencies
- 2. Aristotle's (384-322 bce) seminal contributions to the economics tradition
- 3. Adam smith (1723-1790) on money
- 4. John law (1671-1729): The financial engineer as social engineer
- Part II: Some essential debates and developments in the modern era
- 5. Marx's (1818-1883) monetary theory: Mainstream conservative theory; yet radical, revolutionary challenge
- 6. Keynes (1883-1946): Monetary theorist as capitalism's saviour - the key issues
- Part III: Blowback
- 7. The surprising rise of libertarianism and the libertarian response: Starring murray rothbard (1926-1995) - what has government done to our money?
- 8. On the road again: Friedrich a. Hayek's (1899-1992) denationalisation of money
- Part IV: Current issues on the political economy of bitcoins and cryptocurrencies
- 9. Issues raised by bitcoins and cryptocurrencies for monetary theory
- 10. Issues raised by monetary theory concerning bitcoins and cryptocurrencie
- References
- Index