Description
| Product ID: | 9781517901806 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | US |
| Series: | Forerunners: Ideas First |
| Title: | The Politics of Bitcoin |
| Subtitle: | Software as Right-Wing Extremism |
| Authors: | Author: David Golumbia |
| Page Count: | 100 |
| Subjects: | Political science and theory, Political science & theory, E-commerce: business aspects, Digital and information technologies: social and ethical aspects, E-commerce: business aspects, Ethical & social aspects of IT |
| Description: | The first comprehensive account of Bitcoin's underlying right-wing politics Since its introduction in 2009, Bitcoin has been widely promoted as a digital currency that will revolutionize everything from online commerce to the nation-state. Yet supporters of Bitcoin and its blockchain technology subscribe to a form of cyberlibertarianism that depends to a surprising extent on far-right political thought. The Politics of Bitcoin exposes how much of the economic and political thought on which this cryptocurrency is based emerges from ideas that travel the gamut, from Milton Friedman, F.A. Hayek, and Ludwig von Mises to Federal Reserve conspiracy theorists. Forerunners: Ideas First is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital publications. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange. This is gray literature publishing: where intense thinking, change, and speculation take place in scholarship. |
| Imprint Name: | University of Minnesota Press |
| Publisher Name: | University of Minnesota Press |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2016-09-26 |