{"product_id":"the-politics-of-bitcoin-david-golumbia-9781517901806","title":"The Politics of Bitcoin: Software as Right-Wing Extremism","description":"\u003cp\u003eSince its introduction in 2009, Bitcoin has been widely promoted as a digital currency that will revolutionize everything from online commerce to the nation-state. Yet supporters of Bitcoin and its blockchain technology subscribe to a form of cyberlibertarianism that depends to a surprising extent on far-right political thought. \u003ci\u003eThe Politics of Bitcoin \u003c\/i\u003eexposes how much of the economic and political thought on which this cryptocurrency is based emerges from ideas that travel the gamut, from Milton Friedman, F.A. Hayek, and Ludwig von Mises to Federal Reserve conspiracy theorists.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eForerunners: Ideas First is a thought-in-process series of breakthrough digital publications. Written between fresh ideas and finished books, Forerunners draws on scholarly work initiated in notable blogs, social media, conference plenaries, journal articles, and the synergy of academic exchange. This is gray literature publishing: where intense thinking, change, and speculation take place in scholarship.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Golumbia\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1517901804\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781517901806\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Minnesota Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/2016\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 100\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 6.90h x 4.90w x 0.30d","brand":"David Golumbia","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43996300050687,"sku":"9781517901806","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_2a669c8a-054d-41c6-9e75-2c3c3a6f0d41.jpg?v=1683340895","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-politics-of-bitcoin-david-golumbia-9781517901806","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}