This book reconstructs the dynamics of economics, beginning explicitly with the role and the relevance of time: money uses the future in order to generate present wealth. Financial markets sell and buy risk, thereby binding the future. Elena Esposito explains that complex risk management...

Contents: Preface -- 1. What is money? from commodities to virtual currencies/bitcoin / Benton E. Gup -- 2. Blockchain: a primer / Gerald P. Dwyer -- 3. Innovating to new heists: regulating cyber threats in the financial services industry / Kristin N. Johnson -- 4. An overview of corporate...