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Title: "Good Money" by George Selgin Post by: molecular on December 16, 2011, 12:41:57 PM I bought a book, yes an actual paper book, couldn't find the ebook ;) Just finished reading the foreword and couldn't help noticing parallels to our interesting times.
Charles Goodhard in the foreword to "Good Money" -- Birmingham Button Makers, the Royal Mint, and the Beginnings of Modern Coinage, 1775-1821 by George Selgin: Quote from: Charles Goodhard I certainly agree, that when the government fails to provide a satisfactory money, substitutes will be forthcoming, wether foreign money [...] or private tokens. Maybe we should write a followup book to that: "Good Money" -- The Internet, the FED, and the Beginnings of Modern Cryptocurrency, 2009-2019 "Those who cannot learn from history are doomed to repeat it." Title: Re: "Good Money" by George Selgin Post by: lonelyminer (Peter Šurda) on December 16, 2011, 04:12:55 PM George Selgin knows a lot about money. He also knows about Bitcoin and is intrigued but skeptical about it. Michael Suede as well as myself emailed with him about it.
Title: Re: "Good Money" by George Selgin Post by: cbeast on December 16, 2011, 04:25:54 PM I hope someone with a real vision is working on a book about Bitcoin. This forum itself would fill volumes.
Title: Re: "Good Money" by George Selgin Post by: molecular on December 17, 2011, 04:03:33 PM I hope someone with a real vision is working on a book about Bitcoin. This forum itself would fill volumes. lol. making a book from forum posts would probably not make a very good read, though ;). You're correct, though, in saying that there is plenty of material for a book about bitcoin... even several. Some guy asked somwhere here if a "trader" could write something up for him, because he was writing a book about bitcoin. I guess he's likely not the only one preparing a book. |