![]() Everything in the final analysis is derived from our ecological systems, without which we would die. They are embedded in us, and reach the dustiest small town. ![]() The global monetary systems are interconnected networks that spread to the farthest reaches of the planet. ![]() ![]() The global finance corporation community is like a dense nerve centre for a multi-layered empire of money and promises for money communicated via fibre optic cables under seabeds and routed via offshore centres. The suits they wear are like protective uniforms, and the toilet is the only place where they might reveal a chink in that armor. The architecture of these skyscrapers echoes our relationship with high finance, as most people stand beneath them, on the outside looking up.īankers are rarely in control of their own institutions, and are often channelling a logic that transcends them. The taller your building is, the less down-to-earth a mindset you must have. Insights from Chapter 13 Insights from Chapter 1 Insights on Brett Scott's Cloudmoney Contents #4 The global monetary systems are interconnected networks that spread to the farthest reaches of the planet. #3 The global finance corporation community is like a dense nerve centre for a multi-layered empire of money and promises for money communicated via fibre optic cables under seabeds and routed via offshore centres. #2 Bankers are rarely in control of their own institutions, and are often channelling a logic that transcends them. The architecture of these skyscrapers echoes our relationship with high finance, as most people stand beneath them, on the outside looking up. #1 The taller your building is, the less down-to-earth a mindset you must have. He explains the technical, political, and cultural differences between our various forms of money and shows how the cash system has been under attack for decades, as banking and tech companies promote a cashless society under the banner of progress.Ĭloudmoney takes us to the front lines of a war for our wallets that is also about our freedom, from marketing strategies against cash to the weaponization of COVID-19 to push fintech platforms, and from there to the rise of the cryptocurrency rebels and fringe groups pushing back.Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. He dives beneath the surface of the global financial system to uncover a long-established lobbying infrastructure: an alliance of partners waging a covert war on cash. In Cloudmoney, Brett Scott tells an urgent and revelatory story about how the fusion of Big Finance and Big Tech requires "cloudmoney"-digital money underpinned by the banking sector-to replace physical cash. And the great battle of our time is the battle for ownership of the digital footprints that make up our lives. But what we're told is a natural and inevitable move is actually the work of powerful interests. The reach of Corporations into our lives via cards and apps has never been greater many of us rarely use cash these days. Axiom Award Gold Medalist for Business Commentary ![]()
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