Year: 2024
Type: article
Abstract: Santiago Mandirola's investment brochure describes a fictional world in which the collapse of the US dollar has transformed the global monetary landscape. This comment analyzes the brochure and its assumptions through the lens of the crypto community. It considers the highly centralized, technocratic vision of monetary governance put forth by the brochure against the crypto community's efforts to build decentralized, consensual alternatives to existing economic institutions. Highlighting crypto's engagement with issues such as inflation and distribution, the comment suggests that Mandirola's brochure overlooks important contemporary debates on economic governance and underestimates the growing significance of non‐state‐led monetary arrangements.
Source: Economic Anthropology
DOI: 10.1002/sea2.12344
Author: Annaliese Milano Merfield
Institution: European University Institute
Language: English
Subfield: Information Systems
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: hybrid
Estimated APC paid: $3,240
OpenAlex ID: W4405765027