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Subject(s)

• Money—Economic aspects [Browse]
• Monetary policy—Mathematical models [Browse]
• Electronic funds transfers—Social aspects [Browse]

Series

Hobart Papers [More in this series]

Summary note

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

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Bibliographic references

Includes bibliographical references.

Source of description

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed December 16, 2014).

Language note

English

Contents

• 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

ISBN

• 0-255-36699-X
• 0-255-36661-2

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