Wildcat currency : how the virtual money revolution is transforming the economy /

Private currencies have always existed, from notes printed by individual banks to the S&H Green Stamps that consumers once redeemed for household items. Today's economy has seen an explosion of new forms of monetary exchange not created by the federal government. Credit card companies offer...

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Bibliographic Details

Main Author:	Castronova, Edward (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	New Haven, Connecticut : Yale University Press, [2014]
Subjects:	BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Theory. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economic History. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / E-Commerce / General (see also COMPUTERS / Electronic Commerce) Money. Tokens. Exchange. Value.