Description
| Product ID: | 9781529111484 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | Cloudmoney |
| Subtitle: | Why the War on Cash Endangers Our Freedom |
| Authors: | Author: Brett Scott |
| Page Count: | 304 |
| Subjects: | Politics and government, Politics & government, Economic theory and philosophy, Monetary economics, Political economy, Popular economics, Finance and the finance industry, Monopolies, Economic geography, Algorithms and data structures, Data mining, Economic theory & philosophy, Monetary economics, Political economy, Popular economics, Finance, Monopolies, Economic geography, Algorithms & data structures, Data mining |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Who really benefits from a cashless society?Many of us rarely use cash these days. And the reach of corporations into our lives via cards and apps has never been greater. But what we're told is inevitable is actually the work of powerful interests: the great battle of our time is for ownership of the digital footprints that make up our lives. Cloudmoney tells a revelatory story about the fusion of big finance and tech, which requires physical cash to be replaced by digital money or 'cloudmoney'. Diving beneath the surface of the global financial system, Brett Scott uncovers a long-established lobbying infrastructure waging a covert war on cash under the banner of progress but at the cost of our privacy, politics and individual freedom. 'A wonderfully revolutionary text' YANIS VAROUFAKIS'Scott has struck an important vein that is vital in a digital age' FINANCIAL TIMES'Brilliant, fascinating and utterly accessible' KATE RAWORTH, author of Doughnut Economics Who really benefits from a cashless society? |
| Imprint Name: | Vintage |
| Publisher Name: | Vintage Publishing |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2023-07-06 |
