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020 _a9780062936318
_q(hardcover)
020 _a006293631X
_q(hardcover)
035 _a(OCoLC)1333700904
092 _a332.4
_bS425
049 _aNFGA
100 1 _aScott, Brett,
_eauthor.
245 1 0 _aCloudmoney :
_bcash, cards, crypto, and the war for our wallets /
_cBrett Scott.
246 3 _aCloud money
250 _aFirst U.S. edition.
264 1 _aNew York, NY :
_bHarper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers,
_c[2022]
264 4 _c©2022
300 _avii, 288 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c24 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
500 _a"Originally published in the United Kingdom in 2022 by The Bodley Head, an imprint of Vintage"--Title page verso
505 0 _aThe 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.
520 _aA 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.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 267-276) and index.
650 0 _aElectronic funds transfers
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aCash transactions
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aElectronic commerce
_xSocial aspects.
650 0 _aElectronic surveillance.
_9139503
650 0 _aTechnology
_xSocial aspects.
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