Episode · Acquired · 2023-11-27
Books mentioned on Visa
To paraphrase Visa founder Dee Hock, how many of you know Visa? Great, all of you.
David Rosenthal recommended Electronic Value Exchange by David L. Stearns, and discussed A Piece of the Action by Joe Nocera and One from Many by Dee Hock.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Electronic Value Exchange
Electronic Value Exchange by David L.
Recommended“well we are starting actually with a big thank you to Dave Sterns author of what is undeniably the very best book on Visa and its history electronic value exchange”
Where to get it
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A Piece of the Action
Discussed“this is the name of the title in this fantastic book a piece of the action how the middle class joined the money class and is chapter 1 the drop 1958”
Where to get it
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One from Many
Discussed“there's this great passage from him in his book one for many he says any organization that could guarantee transport and settle transactions in the form of arranged electronic particles that's what he calls digital information”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Ad read One from Many
“you can find our material for this episode including Dave's awesome book and de Hawk's Memoir one from many at blinkist.com”