The Sovereign Individual

By James Dale Davidson

Categories: Business & Money

First published in 1997, The Sovereign Individual by investment writers James Dale Davidson and William Rees-Mogg forecasts how the information age would transform politics and economics in the twenty-first century. The authors predict the rise of the internet and cyberspace, digital money and a digital economy, and argue that these forces would weaken the nation-state and the welfare state while giving individuals new independence. They also offer strategies for adapting financially to the transition.

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• Sahil Lavingia
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• Balaji Srinivasan: “It's a good book, but this is more like the next step — the Sovereign Collective.”
• Shane Parrish: “The book, which argues “the information revolution will destroy the monopoly power of the nation-state as surely as the Gunpowder Revolution destroyed the Church’s monopoly,” is making the rounds in Silicon Valley and being passed around like candy.”
• Brian Armstrong: “Took a fresh read of Sovereign Individual - was really ahead of it's time, a lot of original thinking (some really out there stuff too)”