The Resource Wildcat currency : how the virtual money revolution is transforming the economy, Edward Castronova
Wildcat currency : how the virtual money revolution is transforming the economy, Edward Castronova
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- 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"--
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xxii, 265 pages
- Contents
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- Weirdly normal: virtual economies and virtual money
- Forms of money
- Is it legal?
- Is it money?
- Wealth, power, and happiness: the effects of counting money
- Currency and confidence
- How money will evolve
- Wildcat currency and the state
- Isbn
- 9780300212495
- Label
- Wildcat currency : how the virtual money revolution is transforming the economy
- Title
- Wildcat currency
- Title remainder
- how the virtual money revolution is transforming the economy
- Statement of responsibility
- Edward Castronova
- Language
- eng
- 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"--
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- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Castronova, Edward
- Dewey number
- 332.4
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HG231
- LC item number
- .C344 2014
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Money
- Tokens
- Exchange
- Value
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS
- Exchange
- Money
- Tokens
- Value
- Geld
- Geldsurrogat
- Tauschmittel
- Electronic Commerce
- Label
- Wildcat currency : how the virtual money revolution is transforming the economy, Edward Castronova
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
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- volume
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
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- txt
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- Contents
- Weirdly normal: virtual economies and virtual money -- Forms of money -- Is it legal? -- Is it money? -- Wealth, power, and happiness: the effects of counting money -- Currency and confidence -- How money will evolve -- Wildcat currency and the state
- Control code
- ocn862098502
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxii, 265 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300212495
- Lccn
- 2013041269
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780300186130
- (OCoLC)862098502
- Label
- Wildcat currency : how the virtual money revolution is transforming the economy, Edward Castronova
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Weirdly normal: virtual economies and virtual money -- Forms of money -- Is it legal? -- Is it money? -- Wealth, power, and happiness: the effects of counting money -- Currency and confidence -- How money will evolve -- Wildcat currency and the state
- Control code
- ocn862098502
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xxii, 265 pages
- Isbn
- 9780300212495
- Lccn
- 2013041269
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- System control number
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- (Sirsi) i9780300186130
- (OCoLC)862098502
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