Bøker av Dominic Frisby

The first definitive biography of gold - from the Big Bang, to currency, and kingmaker.Gold is one the most crucial substances in human history. As the world's oldest currency, it has built our global financial system as we know it, and defined our modern systems of rule in ways perhaps we don't.In The Secret History of Gold, Dominic Frisby tells the captivating story of this precious metal, from its curious origins in the formation of the solar system, through ancient myth and conquest to present day. He explores how our mercurial relationship with gold has shaped wars, progress and disaster throughout the ages and why, as one of the only lasting substances that represents and stores value, we still need it in a digital economy.Gold has, and always will be, a political metal. And, as governments in China, Russia and others rush to buy and mine gold at the fastest rate in history, what does this indicate for the future of global peace and power?

With the accelerating onset of automation, the loss of manufacturing jobs in the west, a spiralling rise in income inequality, and the obvious failure of our welfare systems to provide those at the bottom of the economic ladder with a clear path out of poverty, many are looking for an alternative approach that will meet everyone's needs and guarantee them a dignified standard of living.Most prominent among these approaches is the Universal Basic Income (UBI) or Basic Income Guarantee (BIG). The idea is simple. Each and every citizen will be entitled to a sum of money from the government - regardless of their income or occupation. Not a huge sum of money, but enough to ensure that their basic needs were met and that they wouldn't gohungry. Advocates on the left claim it would close the poverty trap where people are deterred from joining the workforce by the potential loss of their benefits, while freeing people from the capitalist mindset where our only role is to produce something that others can consume so that we can consume things that others produce. Advocates on the right claim it will save the market economy from socialism and central planning, while removing the disincentive to work provided by the current welfare state and reduce bureaucracy and government waste by simplifying the complex array of benefits to one single payment.In this original take on the Universal Basic Income scheme, economist Antony Sammeroff explores the pros and cons of The Basic Income Guarantee, launching into an investigation of radical reforms to the economy which would help everyone gain more freedom and reach their grander aspirations.A truly inspiring, life affirming and rationally optimistic read.

Following the economic crisis of 2008, the website `bitcoin.org' was registered by a mysterious computer programmer called Satoshi Nakamoto.