Revista The Economist | Sep 18/21 | Economía. En Inglés

Revista The Economist | August 18/2021 | En Inglés

ISSN: 0013-0613

Descripción

THE ECONOMIST is a global weekly magazine written for those who share an uncommon interest in being well and broadly informed. Each issue explores the close links between domestic and international issues, business, politics, finance, current affairs, science, technology and the arts. In addition to regular weekly content, Special Reports are published approximately 20 times a year, spotlighting a specific country, industry, or hot-button topic. The Technology Quarterly, published 4 times a year, highlights and analyzes new technologies that will change the world we live in

The Economist es una publicación semanal , que aborda la actualidad de las relaciones internacionales y de la economía desde un marco global. Su primer número fue publicado el 2 de septiembre de 1843 bajo la dirección de James Wilson. Aunque por razones históricas se define a sí mismo como un periódico, su formato actual se asemeja al de una revista

Contenido

THE SCEPTICS have plenty of fodder. The earliest adopters of bitcoin, the original cryptocurrency, used it to buy drugs, while cyber-hackers now demand their ransom in it. Hundreds of millions of dollars of ether, another digital money, were stolen this year after hackers found a bug in some code. Many “believers” are in reality trying to get rich quick from the global mania that has seen the value of cryptoassets reach $2.2trn. Others are freakishly devoted. The entrepreneur who announced in June that El Salvador was adopting bitcoin as an official currency sobbed on stage, claiming it would save the nation. The crooks, fools and proselytisers are off-putting. Nevertheless, the rise of an ecosystem of financial services, known as decentralised finance, or “DeFi”, deserves sober consideration (see Briefing)