Wildcat currency : how the virtual money revolution is transforming the economy / Edward Castronova ; designed by Mary Valencia.
Castronova, Edward, author.; Valencia, Mary, designer.
2014
HG231 .C344 2014eb
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Title Wildcat currency : how the virtual money revolution is transforming the economy / Edward Castronova ; designed by Mary Valencia.
Author Castronova, Edward, author.
ISBN 9780300187410 (electronic book)
9780300186130
Published New Haven, [Connecticut] ; London, [England] : Yale University Press, 2014.
Copyright ©2014
Language English
Description 1 online resource (xxii, 265 pages)
Call Number HG231 .C344 2014eb
Dewey Decimal Classification 332.4
Summary "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 points that can be traded in for a variety of goods and services, from airline miles to online store credit. Online game creators have devised new mediums of electronic exchange that turn virtual money into real money. Meanwhile, real money is increasingly going digital, where it competes with private currencies like Bitcoin. The virtual and the real economic worlds are intermingling more than ever before, raising the possibility that this new money might eventually replace the government-run system of dollars, euros, and yen. Edward Castronova is the leading researcher in this field, a founder of scholarly online game studies and an expert on the economies of virtual worlds. In this dynamic and essential work, he explores the current phenomenon of virtual currencies and what it will mean legally, politically, and economically in the future. In doing so, he provides a fascinating, often surprising discourse on the meaning of money itself-what it is, what we think it is, and how we relate to it on an emotional level"-- Provided by publisher.
Note Includes index.
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