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Books dealing with economic issues always challenge me. To me, they tend to be dry, academic, mundane. Yet economic issues affect us all, so having an understanding of the issues is important. So I continue to try reading various books on the economy in an attempt to better understand today's economic issues, e.g., the economic collapse of Wall Street and the U.S. economy in 2008, why the Bush Administration authorized the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP) to bail out Wall Street and Chrysler & General Motors, how the U.S. debt affects our economic future, the impact of the European economic crisis affects us, etc., as well as to better understand what Government actions are likely to prove most effective in preventing future situations.
So I had hoped Casey's book, "The Unfair Trade" would prove informative. However, as has happened with certain other books about the economy, my mind tended to drift, it just wasn't working for me, and I almost quit on this one. But I persevered, and I'm glad I stayed with it. I became much more interested toward the middle to latter sections of the book, which gave me a better appreciation of the true global-nature of our financial system, as well as a better understanding of the current (e.g., 2011 - 2013) European economic crisis, the dangers to both Europe as well as the U.S. should the Euro collapse, and the backgrounds regarding the European bailouts of Iceland, Ireland, Spain, and Greece. Casey gives many examples of how the global economy is impacting ordinary people across the globe, and does provide good background to help understand the economic news of the day.
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rsutto22 | Jul 15, 2021 |
Ok, so I did not finish this one -- but what I read was interesting, in its attempt to explain the establishment of an alternative currency system that is independent from the current power structure of banks. Bitcoin and block chains make a little more sense to me now, and the concept that this digital money can be made available to people who traditionally do not have access to banks and thus to traditional money is quite interesting.
 
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WiebkeK | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 21, 2021 |
This could have been good, but they got enough details wrong (not due to facts changing, but just sloppiness and bad editing), plus a huge amount of filler (half of the book?) that it wouldn’t be worthwhile for most people. Unfortunately, I’m not aware of other better books about cryptocurrency beyond the initial bitcoin and basic blockchain tech level.

I’m a relative expert in this topic (involved in anonymous electronic cash and similar projects since 1992, currently working in the cryptocurrency space in technology and security) so I was already familiar with essentially all of the content in the book. The problem with a book like this is that in addition to constantly moving goalposts, a lot of projects are rather deceptive, and if you write about things with too high a level of credulity it will ultimately be misleading. There is probably some value in just summarizing what projects say they intend to do, but a lot more value in actual analysis.

The “fluff” level was high, but there was probably a solid 50-100 page book inside. If that had been combined with some deeper analysis of projects, technology, and results, it would be worth reading.
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octal | 1 muu arvostelu | Jan 1, 2021 |
Great summary of cryptocurrencies (Bitcoin, etc.), including background (cypherpunks), current players, drivers of success/failure, and future scenarios. Non-technical, but well informed.

Personally not terribly sold on Bitcoin itself, but some kind of cryptocurrency (ideally, an anonymous one, like Zcash or blinded tokens) should succeed, at least for verticals.

(Audible audiobook)
 
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octal | 2 muuta kirja-arvostelua | Jan 1, 2021 |

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