{"product_id":"let-them-eat-crypto","title":"Let Them Eat Crypto","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe subject of immense hope, hype and confusion, crypto has amassed countless headlines in recent years. With cryptocurrencies, NFTs and metaverse markets crashing, the underlying blockchain technology is still promised to solve global development challenges, and revolutionise every industry. But is the technology really a silver bullet?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePeter Howson cuts through the jargon and bluster to tell an alarming story of how right-wing libertarian crypto entrepreneurs – often aided by charities, politicians and philanthropists – seek out and exploit conditions of poverty, oppression, corruption and conflict. Their goal? A new front of ‘crypto-colonial’ extractivism. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eLet Them Eat Crypto\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e reveals the alarming truth: far from ‘banking the unbanked’, saving the gorillas, or freeing people from oppressive governments, blockchain offers only false solutions, surveillance and hi-tech snake oil.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePeter Howson\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a technology writer, researcher and Assistant Professor in International Development at Northumbria University. His work has appeared in \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eReuters\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Independent,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Conversation\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNovara\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJacobin\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e and \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eCoindesk\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e. He investigates the green-washing, aid-washing and crypto-shenanigans that go on in Silicon Valley, as well as the lesser-known tech-hubs of the Global South.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"UBCC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48230514000059,"sku":"9780745348216","price":16.0,"currency_code":"JOD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0665\/0465\/5035\/files\/LetThemEatCrypto.png?v=1787187559","url":"https:\/\/checkpointjo.net\/products\/let-them-eat-crypto","provider":"CheckPoint","version":"1.0","type":"link"}