The future of money : how the digital revolution is transforming currencies and finance / Eswar S. Prasad.

Author/creator Prasad, Eswar S., 1965- author.
Format Electronic
PublicationCambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021.
Copyright Date©2021
Description1 online resource : illustrations
Supplemental ContentProQuest Ebook Central
Subjects

Contents Part I. Setting the stage: Racing to the future -- Money and finance: the basics -- Part II. InnovatIons: Will Fintech save the world? Or at least make it better? -- Bitcoin sets off a revolution, then falters -- Crypto mania -- Part III. Central bank money: The case for central bank digital currencies -- Getting CBDCs off the ground -- Part IV. Implications, challenges: Consequences for the international monetary system -- Central banks run the gauntlet -- A glorious future beckons, perhaps
Abstract "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"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index
LanguageIn English.
Source of descriptionPrint version record
Issued in other formPrint version: Prasad, Eswar. Future of money. Cambridge, Massachusetts : The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press, 2021 9780674258440
Genre/formElectronic books.
ISBN0674270096 electronic bk.
ISBN9780674270091 electronic bk.
ISBN9780674270084 electronic bk.
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ISBNhardcover
ISBNhardcover
Standard identifier# 10.4159/9780674270091
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