Electronic money: a challenge to the sovereign state?

Part of a special section on technology and international policy in the information age. The new “electronic” forms of money created by the application of information technologies (IT) to the financial sector present important challenges to state power and control. These challenges have led some a...

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Publicado en:Journal of International Affairs Vol. 51; no. 2; pp. 387 - 410
Autor principal: Helleiner, Eric
Formato: Artículo
Publicado: Journal of International Affairs Spring 1998
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