Warum die totale Digitalisierung des Geldes gefährlich ist
Nicht erst seit der Corona-Krise bezahlen immer mehr Menschen bargeldlos mit Karte oder App. Corona hat die Entwicklung deutlich beschleunigt. Nutznießer sind vor allem die großen IT-Unternehmen wie Amazon und Google und die Großen der Finanzindustrie, die unter dem Banner des Fortschritts schon seit Längerem die bargeldlose Gesellschaft propagieren. Der englische Finanzexperte und Ak...
Who really benefits from a cashless society?Many of us rarely use cash these days. And the reach of corporations into our lives via cards and apps has never been greater. But what we're told is inevitable is actually the work of powerful interests: the great battle of our time is for ownership of the digital footprints that make up our lives.Cloudmoney tells a revelatory story about the fusion of big finance and tech, which requires physical c...
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Warum die totale Digitalisierung des Geldes gefährlich ist
Nicht erst seit der Corona-Krise bezahlen immer mehr Menschen bargeldlos mit Karte oder App. Corona hat die Entwicklung deutlich beschleunigt. Nutznießer sind vor allem die großen IT-Unternehmen wie Amazon und Google und die Großen der Finanzindustrie, die unter dem Banner des Fortschritts schon seit Längerem die bargeldlose Gesellschaft propagieren. Der englische Finanzexperte und ...
A monetary anthropologist shows how physical cash stands in the way of a dangerous "cashless” digital money empire, one that will allow Big Tech and Big Finance to merge into one, with dire consequences for our civil liberties, psyches and planet.Since the 2007 Global Financial Crisis, banking giants have retreated from the public spotlight, giving center stage to Big Tech corporations that reach into our lives via our digital devices. Big Fin...
R. Murray Schafer: A Creative Life is the authoritative exploration of the life and work of this preeminent Canadian composer, artist, educator, and activist. Working closely with the composer and his family, L. Brett Scott has created the most up-to-date and accurate exploration of Schafer. Scott draws on many public and private sources, including the composer's own journals and correspondence, which have not been previously available to rese...
The reach of corporations into our lives via cards and apps has never been greater, many of us rarely use cash these days. But what we're told is a natural and inevitable move is the work of powerful interests. And the great battle of our time is the battle for ownership of the digital footprints that make up our lives.In Cloudmoney, Brett Scott tells an urgent and revelatory story about how the fusion of big finance and tech requires 'cloudmo...
The reach of corporations into our lives via cards and apps has never been greater, many of us rarely use cash these days. But what we're told is a natural and inevitable move is the work of powerful interests. And the great battle of our time is the battle for ownership of the digital footprints that make up our lives. In Cloudmoney, Brett Scott tells an urgent and revelatory story about how the fusion of big finance and tech requires 'cloudm...
This is authoritative biography of R. Murray Schafer-a preeminent Canadian composer, artist, educator, and activist-incorporates insights from the composer himself and his family to explore his entire opus from groundbreaking work in acoustic ecology to early, lesser known projects.
Following the bank bailout and the Global Financial Crisis, anger towards the financial system reached new heights. Yet the practical workings of the system remain opaque to many people, this practical guide to the financial sector will bridge the gap between protest slogans and practical proposals for reform. Activist and former derivatives broker Brett Scott proposes a framework for understanding financial institutions, based on the three pr...
Jackie Scott and her daughter Diane had tried just about every diet under the sun, from low-carb to low-fat, sometimes losing weight but always gaining it back. Frustrated, they decided to figure out why popular diets failed them and came up with Eucalorics - a practical eating plan based on taking in the number of calories needed to maintain a healthy weight. This is not a starvation diet, nor is it a fad. In fact, it's not really a diet at a...
