The Politics of Bitcoin - Software as Right-Wing Extremism (Paperback)

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.

General

Imprint:	University of Minnesota Press
Country of origin:	United States
Series:	Forerunners: Ideas First
Release date:	September 2016
First published:	2016
Authors:	David Golumbia
Dimensions:	178 x 127 x 7mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade / Trade
Pages:	100
ISBN-13:	978-1-5179-0180-6
Categories:	Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Political science & theory Books > Business & Economics > Business & management > E-commerce Books > Computing & IT > Social & legal aspects of computing > Impact of computing & IT on society Promotions
LSN:	1-5179-0180-4
Barcode:	9781517901806

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