Login
Discover
Waves
Decks
Plus
Login
Signup
Thomas Taussi
@thomastaussi
49
Doing PhD in management accounting, interested in economics, society and liberty. Making sense of the crypto universe from an academic perspective.
Followers
358
Following
131
Resource Credits
Available
Used
Location
Finland
Website
http://thomastaussi.com
Created
2017-05-14 09:22
RSS Feed
Subscribe
Posts
Blog
Posts
Comments
Communities
Wallet
thomastaussi
politics
2018-05-31 15:36
ABC's cancellation of Roseanne – another example of extended CSR?
A sitcom TV show will be cancelled in the US because the star is spreading controversial and mean messages on social media: "US television network ABC has cancelled hit sitcom Roseanne after a racist tweet
$ 0.000
1
1
thomastaussi
finance
2018-05-07 20:03
In economics Marx was not a pioneer – nothing to celebrate here
People have been celebrating the 200th birthday of economic philosopher Karl Marx. Controversially, EU chief Jean-Claude Juncker joined the company of the world's leading communists by delivering a glorifying
$ 1.309
11
4
thomastaussi
youtube
2018-04-28 19:54
Social media companies have become fragile and distorted from the ideals of internet
Bloomberg reported about the paradox of YouTube: this financially successful company is said to be having "its worst year ever" what comes to content. The article shows flashes of Alex Jones,
$ 5.079
12
8
thomastaussi
markets
2018-02-27 15:55
Liberal bias in Silicon Valley does not represent consistent diversity
A report by Lincoln Network says that Libertarians and Conservatives (the most free market friendly groups) feel the most job-related dissatisfaction in Silicon Valley. Political bias that significantly
$ 9.980
75
1
thomastaussi
cryptocurrency
2018-02-22 13:54
The house always wins – except in the ICOs
One of the fundamental reasons behind financial regulation is the attempt to protect small, non-institutional investors with lesser professional knowledge of the asset markets. Even though people bear
$ 0.050
2
1
thomastaussi
cryptocurrency
2018-02-19 12:51
Making sense of blockchain, cryptos and decentralization
This is my first attempt to classify different phenomena around blockchain, cryptocurrency ecosystem and decentralized mentality. I find these three elements central, overlapping and powerful to explain
$ 0.333
3
1
thomastaussi
introduceyourself
2018-01-28 15:37
Quality over quantity content on society, economics and cryptos
When I joined Steemit last year and made my first introduction post, I was not able to accurately foresee what my presence on this platform would bring. I am a Finnish PhD student in management accounting
$ 0.058
8
2
thomastaussi
bitcoin
2018-01-22 13:49
Taleb on Bitcoin: an insurance policy against Orwellian future
Nassim Taleb, a world-famous philosopher, statistician and the author of Black Swan and Antifragile writes big thoughts about bitcoin in a way that you cannot hear from normal financial analysts and
$ 0.720
3
thomastaussi
jordan
2018-01-17 19:41
Taking Jordan Peterson debate on wage gap to universal income equality
Clinical psychologist and professor Jordan B Peterson visited Channel 4 News and had a debate on the gender pay gap, campus protests and postmodernism. He was asked if admitted and accepted the abstract
$ 15.962
26
thomastaussi
economics
2018-01-16 11:47
Public discussion about bitcoin reveals economic illiteracy
The biggest cryptocurrency has gained notable attention lately, and as the technical and social foundations of the blockchain-based currency seem very uncertain even to the crypto investors themselves,
$ 1.993
11
4
thomastaussi
blockchain
2018-01-14 18:52
Trust technology like blockchain may introduce new uncertainties
Blockchain systems and especially public and distributed ledgers are often called "trust mechanisms", "trust networks" or "trustless systems". All these labels refer to the
$ 0.510
10
1
thomastaussi
cryptocurrency
2018-01-12 07:09
Crypto investments are not a question of economic rationality
...or irrationality. The famous quote from (otherwise personally not that admirable) economist John Maynard Keynes says: "The market can remain irrational longer than you can remain solvent."
$ 0.000
1
thomastaussi
cryptocurrency
2018-01-11 17:46
South Korean crypto ban plans make no brakes for the crypto train
Developments of bitcoin and cryptocurrency universe have been a growing part of the mainstream finance news already. Today South Korea's government announced its plans to ban cryptocurrency trading. South
$ 13.016
4
2
thomastaussi
cryptocurrency
2018-01-10 20:52
"Forget cryptocurrencies, Invest in Platforms"
Seeking Alpha published an interesting article by Lynn Sebastian Purcell who is indeed contributing to our sensemaking of the currently chaotic or rapidly developing ecosystem of cryptocurrencies or Bitcoin
$ 0.165
2
thomastaussi
cryptocurrency
2018-01-08 16:34
Financial Times starting to realize the wider cryptocurrency ecosystem
Last week I wrote that the ecosystem beyond bitcoin still awaits to be realized and understood. Now I am surprised how little I had to wait to see that a more conservative Financial Times reported about
$ 34.740
17
6
thomastaussi
cryptocurrency
2018-01-04 16:07
Challenges of realizing cryptocurrencies: significance of the ecosystem beyond bitcoin
Today was the first time in history when the market capitalization of bitcoin (circulating supply * market price) fell below 1/3 of the whole cryptocurrency ecosystem. It used to be around 90% and 80%
$ 21.974
35
7
thomastaussi
business
2017-10-12 09:03
The case against CEO as a moral compass
Related to the recent Nordic Business Forum, this internationally recognized topic of "CEO as a moral compass" has just reached Finland. The original discussion took place some two months ago:
$ 0.000
1
thomastaussi
cryptocurrency
2017-09-04 08:15
China bans ICOs - a couple of thoughts
One hour ago CNBC announced that China bans companies from raising money through ICOs. Cryptocurrency investors may take this with mixed feelings. A big nation making hard moves will increase volatility
$ 0.000
2
1
thomastaussi
news
2017-08-16 17:57
"Fake news" is not a joke
It seems that the dust has started to settle around Google Memo case. Further discussions still go on, as there seems to be no turning point for underlying social and ideological trends that lead into
$ 3.363
12
3
thomastaussi
google
2017-08-13 15:33
The case against diversity targets (not a viable performance driver)
Google Memo and firing of engineer James Damore continue to provide us with numerous heated discussion topics. It seems that the other extreme is actively denying biology, sociology and existence of any
$ 2.777
5
1
