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Book Cryptomonnaie   La nouvelle guerre

Download or read book Cryptomonnaie La nouvelle guerre written by François-Xavier Thoorens and published by Les éditions du Cerf. This book was released on 2021-09-30 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Comme tous les Eldorados, le Bitcoin peut vite se révéler un enfer. Quel monde futur dessine une crypto-monnaie qui échapperait à tout contrôle ? Quels univers parallèles sont les premiers à en profiter et comment ne pas en être victimes ? Une visite guidée au cœur de l'ultime utopie universelle. Comme tous les Eldorados, le Bitcoin peut vite se révéler un enfer. Quel monde futur dessine une cryptomonnaie qui échapperait à tout contrôle ? Quels univers parallèles sont les premiers à en profiter et comment ne pas en être victimes ? Une visite guidée au coeur de l'ultime utopie universelle. Le Bitcoin et la cryptomonnaie hystérisent le débat. Est-ce la nouvelle tulipe du XXIe siècle ou le nouvel or numérique qui révolutionne une fois de plus Internet ? Voici l'essai tant attendu qui permettra au lecteur de concevoir une approche réaliste et rationnelle des nouveaux actifs numériques. C'est au regard du droit que l'auteur, lui-même à l'origine d'une cryptomonnaie, aborde la question, interrogeant le possible et le permis : peut-on créer une monnaie ex nihilo, alors même que la monnaie est un droit régalien ? Comment faire pour que sa propre création ne nous échappe pas et qu'elle ne soit pas utilisée pour servir une activité illégale ? Dans cet essai qui a l'intelligence de se hisser au-delà des polémiques, François-Xavier Thoorens pose un regard éthique et chrétien sur ces nouvelles réalités et ces situations de déprise, où tout semble permis. Il sépare le vrai du faux, délivre les armes contre les abus de pouvoir dans un contexte de guerre numérique, et nous fait entrevoir ce qui, loin de n'être qu'une menace, est surtout une opportunité.

Book Security and Privacy in Social Networks

Download or read book Security and Privacy in Social Networks written by Yaniv Altshuler and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-08-14 with total page 254 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Security and Privacy in Social Networks brings to the forefront innovative approaches for analyzing and enhancing the security and privacy dimensions in online social networks, and is the first comprehensive attempt dedicated entirely to this field. In order to facilitate the transition of such methods from theory to mechanisms designed and deployed in existing online social networking services, the book aspires to create a common language between the researchers and practitioners of this new area- spanning from the theory of computational social sciences to conventional security and network engineering.

Book Research Handbook on Digital Transformations

Download or read book Research Handbook on Digital Transformations written by F. Xavier Olleros and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2016-09-30 with total page 475 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The digital transition of our economies is now entering a phase of broad and deep societal impact. While there is one overall transition, there are many different sectoral transformations, from health and legal services to tax reports and taxi rides, as well as a rising number of transversal trends and policy issues, from widespread precarious employment and privacy concerns to market monopoly and cybercrime. They all are fertile ground for researchers, as established laws and regulations, organizational structures, business models, value networks and workflow routines are contested and displaced by newer alternatives. This Research Handbook offers a rich and interdisciplinary synthesis of some of the current thinking on the digital transformations underway.

Book Beyond Bitcoin

Download or read book Beyond Bitcoin written by Hanna Halaburda and published by Springer. This book was released on 2016-04-29 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Digital currencies are a fairly new phenomenon brought about by the spectacular rise of the internet. While Bitcoin is the most famous, there are numerous other digital currencies—from Amazon Coin to Zetacoin. Beyond Bitcoin explores the economic forces underlying the design of their features and their potential. Halaburda and Sarvary argue that digital currencies are best understood by considering the economic incentives driving their creators and users. The authors present a framework that will allow systemic analysis of this dynamic environment and support further discussion of the design of digital currencies' features and the competition in the market.

Book Financial Cryptography and Data Security

Download or read book Financial Cryptography and Data Security written by Nicolas Christin and published by Springer. This book was released on 2014-11-08 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed post-conference proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Financial Cryptography and Data Security (FC 2014), held in Christ Church, Barbados, in March 2014. The 19 revised full papers and 12 short papers were carefully selected and reviewed from 165 abstract registrations and 138 full papers submissions. The papers are grouped in the following topical sections: payment systems, case studies, cloud and virtualization, elliptic curve cryptography, privacy-preserving systems, authentication and visual encryption, network security, mobile system security, incentives, game theory and risk, and bitcoin anonymity.

Book The Silence and the Scorpion

Download or read book The Silence and the Scorpion written by Brian A. Nelson and published by ReadHowYouWant.com. This book was released on 2010-06 with total page 642 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On April 11, 2002, nearly a million Venezuelans marched on the presidential palace to demand the resignation of President Hugo Chvez, Led by Pedro Carmona and Carlos Ortega, the opposition represented a cross-section of society furious with Chvez's economic policies, specifically his mishandling of the Venezuelan oil industry. But as the day progressed, the march turned violent, sparking a military revolt that led to the temporary ousting of Chvez. Over the ensuing, turbulent 72 hours, Venezuelans would confront the deep divisions within their society and ultimately decide the best course for their country - and its oil - in the new century. An exemplary piece of narrative journalism, The Silence and the Scorpion provides rich insight into the complexities of modern Venezuela.

Book The Chicago Plan Revisited

Download or read book The Chicago Plan Revisited written by Mr.Jaromir Benes and published by International Monetary Fund. This book was released on 2012-08-01 with total page 71 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: At the height of the Great Depression a number of leading U.S. economists advanced a proposal for monetary reform that became known as the Chicago Plan. It envisaged the separation of the monetary and credit functions of the banking system, by requiring 100% reserve backing for deposits. Irving Fisher (1936) claimed the following advantages for this plan: (1) Much better control of a major source of business cycle fluctuations, sudden increases and contractions of bank credit and of the supply of bank-created money. (2) Complete elimination of bank runs. (3) Dramatic reduction of the (net) public debt. (4) Dramatic reduction of private debt, as money creation no longer requires simultaneous debt creation. We study these claims by embedding a comprehensive and carefully calibrated model of the banking system in a DSGE model of the U.S. economy. We find support for all four of Fisher's claims. Furthermore, output gains approach 10 percent, and steady state inflation can drop to zero without posing problems for the conduct of monetary policy.

Book The Economics of Digitization

Download or read book The Economics of Digitization written by Shane M. Greenstein and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increasing creation, support, use and consumption of digital representation of information touches a wide breadth of economic activities. This digitization has transformed social interactions, facilitated entirely new industries and undermined others and reshaped the ability of people - consumers, job seekers, managers, government officials and citizens - to access and leverage information. This important book includes seminal papers addressing topics such as the causes and consequences of digitization, factors shaping the structure of products and services and creating an enormous range of new applications and how market participants make their choices over strategic organization, market conduct, and public policies. This authoritative collection, with an original introduction by the editors, will be an invaluable source of reference for students, academics and practitioners with an interest in the economics of digitisation and the digital economy.

Book In the Closet of the Vatican

Download or read book In the Closet of the Vatican written by Frederic Martel and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2019-02-21 with total page 593 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The New York Times Bestseller - Revised and Expanded "[An] earth-shaking exposé of clerical corruption" - National Catholic Reporter The arrival of Frédéric Martel's In the Closet of the Vatican, published worldwide in eight languages, sent shockwaves through the religious and secular world. The book's revelations of clericalism, hypocrisy, cover-ups and widespread homosexuality in the highest echelons of the Vatican provoked questions that the most senior Vatican officials--and the Pope himself--were forced to act upon; it would go on to become a New York Times bestseller. Now, almost a year after the book's first publication, Frédéric Martel reflects in a new foreword on the effect the book has had and the events that have come to light since it was first released. In the Closet of the Vatican describes the double lives of priests--including the cardinals living with their young "assistants" in luxurious apartments whilst professing humility and chastity--the cover-up of numerous cases of sexual abuse; sinister scheming in the Vatican; political conspiracy overseas in Argentina and Chile, and the resignation of Benedict XVI. From his unique position as a respected journalist with uninhibited access to some of the Vatican's most influential people and private spaces, Martel presents a shattering account of a system rotten to its very core.

Book The Pink and the Black

Download or read book The Pink and the Black written by Frédéric Martel and published by Stanford University Press. This book was released on 1999 with total page 468 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: [While acknowledging that the development of France's homosexual communities was influenced by America, Martel highlights the differences arising from the fact that homosexuality has not been criminalised in France as in the United States] -- back cover.

Book Renewable Energy and Jobs     Annual Review 2020

Download or read book Renewable Energy and Jobs Annual Review 2020 written by International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA and published by International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). This book was released on 2019-06-01 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The sixth edition of the series highlights employment trends in renewables worldwide, noting increasing diversification of the supply chain.

Book Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2019

Download or read book Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2019 written by International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA and published by International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). This book was released on 2020-06-01 with total page 274 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: IRENA’s latest global cost study shows solar and wind power reaching new price lows. The report highlights cost trends for all major renewable electricity sources.

Book Post Keynesian Economics

Download or read book Post Keynesian Economics written by Lavoie, Marc and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2022-05-13 with total page 744 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This visionary Research Handbook presents the state of the art in research on policy design. By conceiving policy design both as a theoretical and a methodological framework, it provides scholars and practitioners with guidance on understanding policy problems and devising accurate solutions.

Book Global Renewables Outlook  Energy Transformation 2050

Download or read book Global Renewables Outlook Energy Transformation 2050 written by International Renewable Energy Agency IRENA and published by International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA). This book was released on 2020-04-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This outlook highlights climate-safe investment options until 2050, policies for transition and specific regional challenges. It also explores options to eventually cut emissions to zero.

Book Gold and the Dollar Crisis

Download or read book Gold and the Dollar Crisis written by Robert Triffin and published by Dissertations-G. This book was released on 1983 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Book An Anthropological Economy of Debt

Download or read book An Anthropological Economy of Debt written by Bernard Hours and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-04-10 with total page 222 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Debt is often thought of as a mere economic variable governed by a simplistic mechanical logic, ignoring its other facets. Whose debt, and debt of what exactly? This volume analyzes debt as a political and social construct, with a multiplicity of purposes and agents. All of these are vectors of meanings that are highly diverse, and of subtle distinctions; they show that debt is a transverse phenomenon, cutting across spaces that are not merely economic but also domestic, social and political. Each contributor takes a fresh view of the subject, dealing with debt at a different time, in a different society, on a different scale of observation. By adopting a determinedly interdisciplinary approach, the authors reveal in the phenomenon of debt a diversity of social and gendered determinants that amount in some cases to domination, allegiance or slavery, and in others to solidarity and emancipation. Debt is at one and the same time shared, imposed, political and gendered.

Book The Encyclopedia of Central Banking

Download or read book The Encyclopedia of Central Banking written by Louis-Philippe Rochon and published by Edward Elgar Publishing. This book was released on 2015-02-27 with total page 541 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Encyclopedia of Central Banking, co-edited by Louis-Philippe Rochon and Sergio Rossi, contains some 250 entries written by over 200 economists on topics related to monetary macroeconomics, central bank theory and policy, and the history of monetary