Using a wide-ranging variety of texts the author reviews and evaluates an equally broad range of approaches to textual commentary, introducing the reader to the fundamental distinction between actual and virtual worlds in critical practice, arguing for an unambiguous relation between critical practice and theories of language, and elucidating the critically important practice of how texts mean.

Using a wide-ranging variety of texts the author reviews and evaluates a broad range of approaches to textual commentary, introducing the reader to the fundamental distinction between actual' and virtual' worlds in critical practice.

Technology is changing money and this book looks at where it might be taking us. Technology has transformed money from physical objects to intangible information. With the arrival of smart cards, mobile phones and Bitcoin it has become easier than ever to create new forms of money. Crucially, money is also inextricably connected with our identities. Your card or phone is a security device that can identify you - and link information about you to your money. Dave Birch looks back over the history of money, spanning thousands of years. He sees in the past, both recent and ancient, evidence for...

Money is changing. David Birch sets out the economic and technological imperatives of digital money, discussing the impact of it and the tensions involved between public and private and between East and West. He contributes to the high-level debate needed to shape the International Monetary and Financial System, and new world order.