More People Taking Blockchain Classes as New Economy Grows

This article first appeared in Issue 21: Bitcoin & Art. A Book by Irwin Schiff. I often cop a lot of flack for claiming that the fundamental laws of economics, like the laws of physics, are immutable. I stand by this statement because the basic principles of economics are based on scientific logic. The only reason they are so poorly understood is because they are made deliberately confusing by those who benefit from your ignorance. Economics is routinely cloaked in technical jargon and obscure terminology. I am a huge fan of any work that can explain these principles simply and make them....

College can be an exciting and monumental time for many people. As the Wizard tells the Scarecrow, “Men enter universities, and when they come out, they think deep thoughts.” While this statement still holds true today, many of those thoughts focus new technologies and ideas. Until now, it wasn’t uncommon to run into students majoring in subjects such as psychology, communications, or even nursing. So many degrees to choose from, but if none of them fit your fancy, what can you do? Well, why not try Bitcoin? While a major in the subject isn’t being offered just yet, Bitcoin and digital....

At the end of December 2021, the stablecoin economy’s market valuation was around $168.3 billion and since then, it has increased 9.92% to $185 billion in value. A number of stablecoins have issued more assets during the last seven days, as some of the top dollar-pegged coins have swelled by more than 20% since the past week. Stablecoin Economy Continues to Grow As cryptocurrencies have dropped in value during the last two weeks and the crypto economy fell below the $2 trillion range, stablecoins issuance continues to fill demand. At the time of writing, the entire....

De-globalization is not just about Brexit and rising U.S. protectionism. It is much more than that. It's a pervasive negative attitude regarding globalization that includes various autonomous and sometimes antagonistic movements, such as anti-Western universalism in Eurasia, anti-federalism in Eastern Europe, Piketty-type neo-Marxism in Western Europe, as well as the Islamic State and the like from the Mediterranean to Central Asia. What's at stake here is the post World War II intellectual construct positing that if people from all civilizations find it profitable to be acquainted through....

Anyone in the world can take their financial futures into their own hands right now. Not just in terms of deciding whether or not they want to remain an employee or become their own boss, but also whether or not they can play a role in the sharing economy. Every person on this planet can do or offer some product or service that other people want or need,....