Eswar S. Prasad
Author
Language
English
Description
"Winner of the 2015 Gold Medal in Economics, Axiom Business Book Awards" "Honorable Mention for the 2015 PROSE Award in Business, Finance & Management, Association of American Publishers" "One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2014, chosen by Martin Wolf" "One of China Business News' Financial Books of the Year for 2014" Eswar S. Prasad is a professor in the Dyson School at Cornell University and senior fellow at the Brookings Institution....
Author
Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2021
Language
English
Description
Eswar Prasad explains the world of finance is at the threshold of major disruption that will affect corporations, bankers, states, and indeed all of us. The transformation of money will fundamentally rewrite how ordinary people live. Above all, Prasad foresees the end of physical cash. The driving force won't be phones or credit cards but rather central banks, spurred by the emergence of cryptocurrencies to develop their own, more stable digital currencies....