DeFi and the Future of Finance

By: Campbell R. Harvey, Ashwin Ramachandran, Joey Santoro

Narrated by: David de Vries

During the Global Financial Crisis in 2008, our financial infrastructure failed. Governments bailed out the very institutions that let the economy down. This episode spurred a serious rethink of our financial system.

In DeFi and the Future of Finance, Campbell R. Harvey, Ashwin Ramachandran, and Joey Santoro introduce the new world of decen­tralized finance. The book argues that the current financial landscape is ripe for dis­ruption and we are seeing, in real time, the reinvention of finance.

The authors provide listeners with a clear assessment of the problems with the current financial system and how DeFi solves many of its issues. The essence of DeFi is that we interact with peers - there is no brick and mortar and all of the associated costs. Savings and lending are reinvented. Trading takes place with algorithms far removed from traditional brokerages.

The book conducts a deep dive on some of the most innovative protocols such as Uniswap and Compound. Many of the companies featured in the book you might not have heard of - however, you will in the future.

©2021 Campbell R. Harvey, Ashwin Ramachandran, and Joey Santoro (P)2021 Ascent Audio

Defi Future of the World 2021

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Could have been a blog…

Pretty basic primer on defi…was hoping for more depth and analysis vs a collection of definitions and general overview of topics.

extremely hard to understand

this book is informative but you have to listen to parts over and over because there choice of words are complex it's not a easy listen

Lots of bias

Authors more interested in proving their ideological points. And BCE... Is that anything like BC?

Good read for beginners

Explains the concepts of defi well, albeit more geared toward new crypto users that are comfortable with verbiage. Nothing revolutionary for a crypto native.