BlogHide Resteemsstefanfurlan (42)in history • 7 years agoThoughts on the Decentralisation of Money 3: The Bretton-Woods AgreementIn my previous post on the history of modern monetary systems, I examined the gold standard regime that underlined international trade between leading world economies in the second half of the 19th…stefanfurlan (42)in books • 7 years agoBooks: My Early Life by Winston ChurchillI ran into Churchill’s autobiography when browsing through the Nobel laureates. At first I was surprised to find him amongst the awardees and convinced that the reward was rather to honor his WW2…stefanfurlan (42)in books • 7 years agoBooks: Leonardo da Vinci by Walter IsaacsonAnother of Isaacson's biographies, this one of a great renaissance man Leonardo da Vinci. He was a controversial man in many ways. Was not a mathematician or physicist, yet he derived so many rules…stefanfurlan (42)in books • 7 years agoBooks: Americana, a 400-Year History of American Capitalism by Bhu SrinivasanMayflower, early farmers, tobacco, taxes, cotton, steam, railways, gold, slavery, telegraph, beer, patents, oil, steel, machines, light, retail, guns, media, unions, meat, trusts, automobiles, fast…stefanfurlan (42)in money • 7 years agoThoughts on the Decentralisation of Money 2: Commodity CurrenciesIn my previous post on decentralisation of money , I briefly examined the role of the state in domestic and international monetary arrangements through history. In a series of my next posts, I…stefanfurlan (42)in money • 7 years agoBooks: The History of Money by Jack WeatherfordShort history of money from barter to modern fiat currencies and “plastic” money. Interesting ideas: Power of the ability to print money , which is currently dominated by state monopolies. I…stefanfurlan (42)in history • 7 years agoBooks: Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrow by Yuval Noah HarariHarari is exploring the next steps in the evolution of human, which he calls homo deus. If this is the future, it looks scary... Interesting thoughts: Humanity has successfully overcome wars…stefanfurlan (42)in money • 7 years agoThoughts on Decentralisation of Money 1From a purely economic point of view, money has three basic functions: it serves as a unit of account, store of value and means of exchange. From a political standpoint, however, money can first and…stefanfurlan (42)in book • 7 years agoBooks: Principles by Ray DalioRay Dalio’s reflections with focus on his core principles and his management approach called idea meritocracy. Interesting ideas: Principle as a tool to handle reality . Ray tries to…stefanfurlan (42)in books • 7 years agoDebt: The First 5,000 Years, by David GraeberInsight into the evolution of debt, from 3,500 BC onwards. Interesting facts: Debt/credit precedes money . The author argues that debt and credit offer more logical explanation of ascent of…stefanfurlan (42)in arbitrage • 7 years agoTime for Crypto Put-Cal Parity Arbitrage?With promises of services such as LedgerX to introduce derivatives such as swaps and options on digital currencies, partially reducing counter party risks with external clearing institutions, its…
