Easy Money

Cryptocurrency, Casino Capitalism, and the Golden Age of fraud

Ben McKenzie, Jacob Silverman (Autoren)

Buch | Hardcover

320 Seiten

2023 | 1. Auflage
Abrams Press (Verlag)
978-1-4197-6639-8 (ISBN)

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From a famous actor and an experienced journalist, a wildly entertaining debunking of cryptocurrency, one of the greatest frauds in history and on course for a spectacular crashAt the height of the pandemic, TV star Ben McKenzie (The O.C., Gotham) 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 the promise of taking power from banks, possibly improving democracy, and sure, a touch 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 Jonathan Silverman for a caper and exposé that points in shock to the climactic final days of cryptocurrency now upon us. Weaving together stories of average traders and victims, colorful crypto “visionaries,” Hollywood’s biggest true believers, anti-crypto whistleblowers, and government agents searching for solutions at the precipice of a major crash, Easy Money is an on-the-ground look at a perfect storm of 2008 Housing Bubble–level irresponsibility and criminal fraud potentially ten times more devastating than Bernie Madoff.

Ben McKenzie has been a fixture on TV for more than two decades, first capturing audiences in the pop culture phenomenon The O.C. Most recently, he played the lead role on Fox’s hit series Gotham, on which he also directed and wrote episodes. He recently appeared in Amazon’s political drama The Torture Report, and in 2020, he starred in Grand Horizons, which received a Tony Award nomination for Best New Play. McKenzie graduated magna cum laude from the University of Virginia with degrees in economics and foreign affairs. Jacob Silverman is a journalist writing about technology and national security for the New Republic. His work has appeared in the New York Times, Slate, the Los Angeles Times, BookForum, Politico, and many other publications. In April 2012, he was a three-day Jeopardy! champion. Both live in Brooklyn, New York.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.06.2023
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	152 x 229 mm
Einbandart	gebunden
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Wirtschaft ► Betriebswirtschaft / Management ► Finanzierung
ISBN-10	1-4197-6639-2 / 1419766392
ISBN-13	978-1-4197-6639-8 / 9781419766398
Zustand	Neuware