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    How Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, and Token-Economy Are Disrupting the Financial World

    In late 2008, under the long shadow cast by the most severe economic crisis in generations, a revolutionary new form of currency was quietly being shaped. At the time no one could have predicted that an obscure form of electronic money would in less than a decade prove to be the most important financial innovation of the 21st century—a tool that would spark an entire new economic institution: ... Read more

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  • Extralegal Governance

    The Social Order of Illegal Markets in China

    Series series Cambridge Studies in Economics, Choice, and Society
    Drawing on insights from sociology and new institutional economics, Extralegal Governance provides the first comprehensive account of China's illegal markets by applying a socio-economic approach. It considers social legitimacy and state repression in examining the nature of illegal markets. It examines how power dynamics and varying levels of punishment shape exchange relationships between buyers ... Read more

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  • Advanced Real Time Imaging II

    Cutting-Edge Techniques in Materials Science Studies

    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    “Real time” imaging techniques have assisted materials science studies especially for non-ambient environments. These techniques have never been collectively featured in a single venue. The book is an assembly of materials studies utilizing cutting edge real time imaging techniques, emphasizing the significance and impact of those techniques. ... Read more

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