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100 1 _aPrasad, Eswar S.
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245 1 4 _aThe future of money :
_bhow the digital revolution is transforming currencies and finance /
_cEswar S. Prasad.
264 1 _aCambridge, Massachusetts ;
_aLondon :
_bThe Belknap Press of Harvard University Press,
_c2021.
300 _a485 pages :
_bblack and white illustrations
336 _atext
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337 _aunmediated
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338 _avolume
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505 0 _aI. Laying the bedrock -- Racing to the future -- Money and finance : the basics -- II. Innovations -- Will Fintech make the world a better place? -- Bitcoin sets off a revolution, then falters -- Crypto mania -- III. Central bank money -- The case for central bank digital currencies -- Getting central bank digital currencies off the ground -- IV. Ramifications -- Consequences for the international monetary system -- Central banks run the gauntlet -- A glorious future beckons, perhaps.
520 _a"New technologies are shaking the foundations of traditional finance. Leading economist Eswar S. Prasad foresees the end of cash, as central banks develop their own digital currencies to compete with Bitcoin and Facebook's Diem. Money and finance are on the verge of dramatic transformations that will reshape their roles in the lives of ordinary people"--
_cProvided by publisher.
650 0 _aDigital currency.
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650 0 _aBanks and banking, Central.
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650 0 _aInternational finance.
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