This book presents detailed case studies of the first commercial internet digital currency systems developed between 1996 and 2004. Transactions completed with the new technology circumvented all US financial regulations, an opening that transnational criminals exploited. Mullan explains how an...

1. Currency-at-War: A Longer View -- 2. Forecasting, Yi Ching and San Bian Shu: A Chinese Approach for Gaining Foresight - An Interview with Jason Tan Beng Siang -- 3. Sustainability Reporting: Case of a University in Beijing -- 4. Wanted: A New, Chinese Paradigm in Finance -- 5. Real Estate and...

Chapter 1 Cryptocurrencies as an Asset Class -- Chapter 2 Are virtual currencies virtuous? Ethical and Environmental Issues -- Chapter 3 Cryptocurrency Mining -- Chapter 4 Regulating Bitcoin: A Tax Case Study -- Chapter 5 Are Cryptocurrencies Truly Trustless? -- Chapter 6 Blockchain &...

Eine kurze Geschichte der Geldpolitik -- Die Institutionen der Geldpolitik -- Der geldpolitische Auftrag – multiple Ziele oder klarer Fokus? -- Fokussierte Politik mit herkömmlichen Mitteln -- Ein Alternativmodell: die Stabilisierung des langfristigen Zinses -- Welcher Zins ist fest im...

Changes of the International Monetary System -- The Problems of Current International Monetary System -- Analysis of Programs of International Monetary Standard Reform -- A New Program about Supra-sovereign International Money -- Effects to Establish the Supra-sovereign International Currency --...

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Bank of Thompson and Company -- Chapter 3 – Thompson and Company in the wider history of banking -- Chapter 4 – The ‘bank’ of Thompson and Company? -- Chapter 5 – The partners’ family networks -- Chapter 6 – The creditors of Thompson and...

1. Islamic Financial System -- 2. Role of the OIC and other International Organizations towards a Sustainable Development of Islamic Finance -- 3. Evolution of Islamic Financial Products and Services -- 4. Islamic Financial Policies -- 5. Islamic Financial Services Board (IFSB) and Its...

Part I. State of the Art -- 1. An Overview of Green Finance -- 2. Defining Green Finance: Existing Standards and Main Challenges -- 3. The Development of Green Finance by Sector -- 4. Sustainable Finance Management -- 5. Financial Performances of Green Securities -- 6. Institutional Initiatives...

Chapter 1 Financial Impact of Mega Disasters – Introduction -- Chapter 2 Japan’s Disaster Risk Financing – Framework and Policies -- Chapter 3 Analysis of the Possible Impact of a Tokyo Mega Earthquake on Japanese Public Finance -- Chapter 4 Law and Policy Responses to Disaster-induced...

Primitive and Non-metallic Money -- Monetary System of Ancient Asia: China -- Monetary System of the Ancient Regime -- Medieval Debasement and Seigniorage -- Gresham's Law -- Flows of Precious Metals and Prices in Europe -- Rise and Decline of the Global Silver Standard -- Money, Trade, and...