Cloudmoney : cash, cards, crypto, and the war for our wallets / Brett Scott.
A monetary anthropologist examines how the drive to create a cashless digital money empire could lead to dire consequences for our civil liberties and create a dangerous nexus of Big Finance and Big Tech.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780062936318
- ISBN: 006293631X
- Physical Description: vii, 288 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Edition: First United States edition
- Publisher: New York, NY : Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
- Copyright: ©2022
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2022 by The Bodley Head, an imprint of Vintage" -- Title page verso. |
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The nervous system -- The war on cash -- The giant in the mountain -- Digital chips -- The bank-chip society -- Big Brother. Big Bouncer. Big Butler. -- The unnatural progress of a 'Rapidly Changing World' -- Shedding and re-skinning -- Sherlock Holmes and the strange case of the data ghost -- Clash of the Leviathans - A paranormalist's guide to the spectre of Bitcoin -- The political tribes of Cyber-Kowloon -- Raiding the raiders. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Electronic funds transfers > Social aspects. Cash transactions > Social aspects. Electronic commerce > Social aspects. Electronic surveillance. Technology > Social aspects. |
Available copies
- 10 of 11 copies available at NC Cardinal. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Iredell County Public Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 11 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Statesville Main Library | 332.4 SCO (Text) | 33114018450338 | Adult Nonfiction | Available | - |
