The Promise of Bitcoin
The Future of Money and How It Can Work for You
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Bobby C. Lee
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Bobby C. Lee
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A financial revolution is materializing before our eyes. The way individuals, organizations, and governments conduct transactions—from purchasing a book online to acquiring major corporations to delivering billions in financial aid—will look vastly different in the near future. Bitcoin is spearheading this revolution and may be the best investment opportunity of our time, yet most people have yet to understand its promise.
In this book, Bobby C. Lee, one of the earliest pioneers in the cryptocurrency space, debunks myths and dispels fears that surround Bitcoin, arguing that this rational, logical system is superior to traditional monetary systems. He cites signs of Bitcoin's widening acceptance: a growing community of users worldwide and multiple initiatives for investing in and holding Bitcoin among major financial services organizations and institutional investors who control trillions in assets.
Lee offers a primer on the best strategies for investing in this digital currency, the value of which will only continue to grow. He discusses the pros and cons, and covers the complicated yet more profitable method of acquiring Bitcoin, mining. He offers predictions for the future, including price, trajectory, use, and participation in the larger economy—as well as developments in regulation, technology, business, and society.
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Listened twice. Everyone must read this.
- De Tristan en 01-18-16
De: John Kay
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Currency Wars
- The Making of the Next Global Crises
- De: James Rickards
- Narrado por: Walter Dixon
- Duración: 9 h y 52 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 1,772
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,504
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,510
In 1971, President Nixon imposed national price controls and took the United States off the gold standard, an extreme measure intended to end an ongoing currency war that had destroyed faith in the U.S. dollar. Today we are engaged in a new currency war, and this time the consequences will be far worse than those that confronted Nixon. Currency wars are one of the most destructive and feared outcomes in international economics.
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2 out of 5 stars
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don't be misled
- De peter en 04-01-12
De: James Rickards
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Economics for the Common Good
- De: Jean Tirole, Steven Rendell - translator
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 18 h y 54 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 44
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 42
When Jean Tirole won the 2014 Nobel Prize in Economics, he suddenly found himself being stopped in the street by complete strangers and asked to comment on issues of the day, no matter how distant from his own areas of research. His transformation from academic economist to public intellectual prompted him to reflect further on the role economists and their discipline play in society. The result is Economics for the Common Good, a passionate manifesto for a world in which economics, far from being a "dismal science," is a positive force for the common good.
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4 out of 5 stars
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A Great Overview of the Challenges of Modern Econ
- De Zach Sullivan en 08-06-18
De: Jean Tirole, y otros
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Naked Money
- A Revealing Look at What It Is and Why It Matters
- De: Charles Wheelan
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 13 h y 11 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 596
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 528
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 525
Consider the $20 bill. It has no more value, as a simple slip of paper, than Monopoly money. Yet even children recognize that tearing one into small pieces is an act of inconceivable stupidity. What makes a $20 bill actually worth $20? In the third volume of his best-selling Naked series, Charles Wheelan uses this seemingly simple question to open the door to the surprisingly colorful world of money and banking.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is a beautiful audiobook, and well-narrated.
- De Thirsty Mind en 11-10-18
De: Charles Wheelan
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Why Wall Street Matters
- De: William D. Cohan
- Narrado por: Rob Shapiro
- Duración: 4 h y 14 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 55
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 49
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 50
William D. Cohan is no knee-jerk advocate for Wall Street and the big banks. He's one of America's most respected financial journalists and the progressive best-selling author of House of Cards. He has long been critical of the bad behavior that plagued much of Wall Street in the years leading up to the 2008 financial crisis, and because he spent 17 years as an investment banker on Wall Street, he is an expert on its inner workings as well.
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2 out of 5 stars
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An Inch Deep and A Mile Wide
- De Doug Sheridan en 04-26-17
De: William D. Cohan
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The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains
- An Introduction to Cryptocurrencies and the Technology That Powers Them
- De: Antony Lewis
- Narrado por: Sean Pratt
- Duración: 9 h y 23 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 403
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 342
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 338
There’s a lot of information on cryptocurrency and blockchains out there. But, for the uninitiated, most of this information can be indecipherable. The Basics of Bitcoins and Blockchains aims to provide an accessible guide to this new currency and the revolutionary technology that powers it.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Author didn't do the whole job.
- De Alexander Andro en 05-21-21
De: Antony Lewis
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A Capitalism for the People
- Recapturing the Lost Genius of American Prosperity
- De: Luigi Zingales
- Narrado por: Jonathan Davis
- Duración: 11 h y 20 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 64
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 52
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 50
Born in Italy, University of Chicago economist Luigi Zingales witnessed firsthand the consequences of high inflation and unemployment - paired with rampant nepotism and cronyism - on a country’s economy. This experience profoundly shaped his professional interests, and in 1988 he arrived in the United States, armed with a political passion and the belief that economists should not merely interpret the world, but should change it for the better.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Enjoyable but a tad predictable.
- De Kevin en 12-24-12
De: Luigi Zingales
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Wall Street
- A History, Updated Edition
- De: Charles R. Geisst
- Narrado por: Stephen McLaughlin
- Duración: 27 h y 28 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 120
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 107
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 107
Wall Street is an unending source of legend - and nightmares. It is a universal symbol of both the highest aspirations of economic prosperity and the basest impulses of greed and deception. Charles R. Geisst's Wall Street is at once a chronicle of the street itself - from the days when the wall was merely a defensive barricade built by Peter Stuyvesant - and an engaging economic history of the United States, a tale of profits and losses, enterprising spirits, and key figures that transformed America into the most powerful economy in the world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Many books in one; best linking of stories, eras
- De Philo en 03-23-14
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The Motley Fool Million Dollar Portfolio
- De: David Gardner, Tom Gardner
- Narrado por: David Gardner, Tom Gardner
- Duración: 7 h y 47 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 105
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 69
Listeners are offered a first-class education in building, growing, and defending an individual portfolio, one investment strategy at a time. From learning to think like an investor to finding a first stock, from international investing to community-based online tools, this audiobook takes the reader through the essential strategies for building any portfolio, no matter how small its start or how big its ambitions.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Great Introduction to Investing
- De Matthew en 09-18-09
De: David Gardner, y otros
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Battle for the Soul of Capitalism
- De: John C. Bogle
- Narrado por: Stefan Rudnicki
- Duración: 9 h y 16 m
- Versión resumida
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General4 out of 5 stars 92
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 42
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 41
There is no one better qualified to tell us about the failures of the American financial system and the grotesque abuses that have taken place in recent years than John C. Bogle, founder and former chief executive of the Vanguard mutual-fund group. This legendary mutual-fund pioneer has witnessed firsthand the innermost workings of the financial industry for more than 50 years and has set the standards for sound investment strategies and stewardship.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Do You Own a Mutual Fund?
- De M. Kettell en 02-02-08
De: John C. Bogle
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How the Other Half Banks
- Exclusion, Exploitation, and the Threat to Democracy
- De: Mehrsa Baradaran
- Narrado por: Priya Ayyar
- Duración: 9 h y 36 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 286
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 252
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 247
The United States has two separate banking systems today - one serving the well-to-do and another exploiting everyone else. How the Other Half Banks contributes to the growing conversation on American inequality by highlighting one of its prime causes: unequal credit. Mehrsa Baradaran examines how a significant portion of the population, deserted by banks, is forced to wander through a Wild West of payday lenders and check-cashing services to cover emergency expenses and pay for necessities - all thanks to deregulation that began in the 1970s.
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4 out of 5 stars
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The Borrowers at the Fringe
- De Darwin8u en 09-13-16
De: Mehrsa Baradaran
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13 Bankers
- The Wall Street Takeover and the Next Financial Meltdown
- De: Simon Johnson, James Kwak
- Narrado por: Erik Synnestvedt
- Duración: 8 h y 59 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 255
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 100
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 102
Even after the ruinous financial crisis of 2008, America is still beset by the depredations of an oligarchy that is now bigger, more profitable, and more resistant to regulation than ever. Anchored by six megabanks, which together control assets amounting to more than 60 percent of the country's gross domestic product, these financial institutions (now more emphatically "too big to fail") continue to hold the global economy hostage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Easy to Understand and Comprehend
- De Kyle en 04-11-10
De: Simon Johnson, y otros
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The End of Alchemy
- Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy
- De: Mervyn King
- Narrado por: Greg Wagland
- Duración: 14 h y 3 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 416
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 345
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 347
Something is wrong with our banking system. We all sense that, but Mervyn King knows it firsthand; his 10 years at the helm of the Bank of England, including at the height of the financial crisis, revealed profound truths about the mechanisms of our capitalist society. In The End of Alchemy, he offers us an essential work about the history and future of money and banking, the keys to modern finance.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Two books in one, both very fine
- De Philo en 07-13-16
De: Mervyn King
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The Instant Economist
- Everything You Need to Know About How the Economy Works
- De: Timothy Taylor
- Narrado por: Don Hagen
- Duración: 9 h y 35 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 46
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 45
Economics isn't just about numbers: It's about politics, psychology, history, and so much more. We are all economists - when we work, save for the future, invest, pay taxes, and buy our groceries. Yet many of us feel lost when the subject arises. Award-winning professor Timothy Taylor here tackles all the key questions and hot topics of both microeconomics and macroeconomics, so you can understand and discuss economics on a personal, national, and global level.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Timothy Taylor is the best
- De Jake en 02-15-15
De: Timothy Taylor
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The Index Revolution
- Why Investors Should Join It Now
- De: Charles D. Ellis
- Narrado por: LJ Ganser
- Duración: 4 h y 18 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 27
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 21
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 21
The Index Revolution argues that active investing is a loser's game, and that a passive approach is more profitable in today's market. By adjusting your portfolio asset weights to match a performance index, you consistently earn higher rates of returns and come out on top in the long run. This book explains why, and describes how individual investors can take advantage of indexing to make their portfolio stronger and more profitable.
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5 out of 5 stars
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A better way to invest
- De BSuave en 06-17-24
De: Charles D. Ellis
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Borrowed Time
- Two Centuries of Booms, Busts, and Bailouts at Citi
- De: James Freeman, Vern McKinley
- Narrado por: Fred Sanders
- Duración: 11 h y 51 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 35
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 34
To save the economy and keep Citi afloat in 2008, the government provided huge infusions of cash through multiple bailouts that frustrated and angered the American public. But, as Wall Street Journal writer James Freeman and financial expert Vern McKinley reveal, the 2008 crisis was just one of many disasters Citi has experienced since its founding more than 200 years ago. In Borrowed Time they reveal Citi’s disturbing history of instability and government support. It’s a story that neither Citi nor Washington wants told.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Biased
- De CF en 08-09-19
De: James Freeman, y otros
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Fool's Gold
- De: Gillian Tett
- Narrado por: Stephen Hoye
- Duración: 10 h y 7 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 194
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 117
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 115
Gillian Tett brings to life in gripping detail how the Morgan team's bold ideas for a whole new kind of financial alchemy helped to ignite a revolution in banking, and how that revolution escalated wildly out of control. The deeply reported and lively narrative takes readers behind the scenes, to the inner sanctums of elite finance and to the secretive reaches of what came to be known as the "shadow banking" world.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding narrative about the financial crisis
- De D. Littman en 07-17-09
De: Gillian Tett