Easy Money : : Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden age of Fraud

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Call Number: 332.4 McK, Adult Book / Nonfiction / Business & Economics / General / McKenzie, Ben
On Shelf At: Downtown Library, Malletts Creek Branch

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Money and lying -- What could possibly go wrong? -- Money printer go brrr -- Community -- SXSW, the CIA, and the .5 trillion that wasn't there -- The business of show -- The world's coolest dictator -- Rats in a sack -- The emperor is butt-ass naked -- Who's in charge here? -- Unbankrupt yourself -- Chapter 11 -- Preacher's father -- Epilogue.
"At the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie was the perfect mark for cryptocurrency: a dad stuck at home with some cash in his pocket, worried about his family, armed with only the vague notion that people were making heaps of money on something he--despite a degree in economics--didn't entirely understand. Lured in by grandiose/utopian promises, and sure, a little bit of FOMO, McKenzie dove deep into blockchain, Bitcoin, and the various other coins and exchanges on which they are traded. But after scratching the surface, he had to ask, "Am I crazy, or is this all a total scam?" In Easy Money, McKenzie enlists the help of journalist Jacob Silverman for an investigative adventure into crypto and its remarkable crash. Weaving together stories of average traders and victims, colorful crypto "visionaries," Hollywood's biggest true believers, anti-crypto whistleblowers, and government operatives, Easy Money is an on-the-ground look at a perfect storm of irresponsibility and criminal fraud." -- front flap.

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