Brett Scott propels the reader to a new understanding of today's capitalism through humour, first-hand reportage, patient explanation, deep political analysis and a lot of heart. Get a copy - and make sure you pay with cash - Nicholas Shaxson, author of Treasure Islands Quietly radical and unexpectedly beautiful, this is so much more than a book about money. Brett Scott writes with gusto about blockchain, crypto and the power nexus between Big Tech and the banks in a cashless society - Lionel Barber, author of The Powerful and The Damned With this wonderful, lucid and urgently important book, Brett Scott is hunting big game. Scott has struck an important vein, that is vital in a digital age ― Financial Times An important reflection on the new world of finance. Filled with dazzling insight and admirable clarity, this is a book you'll soon be recommending far and wide - Raj Patel, author of Stuffed and Starved Cloudmoney does well to map out how the switch away from cash is being spun as natural progress. This brilliant book helps you understand how that happened, who profits from our collective financial ignorance, and how we might best fight back. Don't miss this book - Jason Hickel, author of Less Is More Your head has been deliberately filled with falsehoods and confusion about money. Brett Scott cuts through the hype with this brilliant critique of digital money and the rise of fintech empires, while offering a compelling alternative vision. If you want to understand what money is - and what it is in danger of becoming - start right here - Kate Raworth, author of Doughnut Economics A fascinating and readable guide to the future, and how we can reclaim that future from the clutches of Big Finance and Big Tech - Grace Blakeley The rush to a cashless society isn't about convenience. Brett Scott's highly readable and topical Cloudmoney is, in this sense, a wonderfully revolutionary text - Yanis Varoufakis Cloudmoney is a brilliant, fascinating and utterly accessible book - a pioneering and political guide to the fast-evolving web of global finance. If people could see clearly how their money is created, they would rebel - especially now that it is digitised. 'A wonderfully revolutionary text' YANIS VAROUFAKIS 'Scott has struck an important vein that is vital in a digital age' FINANCIAL TIMES ' Brilliant, fascinating and utterly accessible' KATE RAWORTH, author of Doughnut Economics Diving beneath the surface of the global financial system, Brett Scott uncovers a long-established lobbying infrastructure waging a covert war on cash under the banner of progress but at the cost of our privacy, politics and individual freedom. Cloudmoney tells a revelatory story about the fusion of big finance and tech, which requires physical cash to be replaced by digital money or 'cloudmoney'. 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. And the reach of corporations into our lives via cards and apps has never been greater. Cloudmoney take us to the frontlines of a war for our wallets that is also about our freedom Who really benefits from a cashless society? Many of us rarely use cash these days.
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