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Trevor Jackson is an economic historian at the University of California at Berkeley. His first book, Impunity and Capitalism: The Afterlives of European Financial Crises, 1690–1830, was published in 2022. (April 2024)
The Crash Next Time
Can histories of economic crisis provide us with useful lessons?
Seven Crashes: The Economic Crises That Shaped Globalization
by Harold James
The Great Crashes: Lessons from Global Meltdowns and How to Prevent Them
by Linda Yueh
April 4, 2024 issue
The Price of Crypto
Despite its boosters’ frequent references to democracy and freedom, cryptocurrency reflects a radical marketization of politics in which major players can rewrite the rules as needed.
The Cryptopians: Idealism, Greed, Lies, and the Making of the First Big Cryptocurrency Craze
by Laura Shin
Proof of Stake: The Making of Ethereum and the Philosophy of Blockchains
by Vitalik Buterin, edited by Nathan Schneider
June 8, 2023 issue
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