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Re:Bitcoin, The Economic Singularity: From Holland with Love by pjc50 on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @10:06AM (#6634153)
I reccomend the work of Hernando de Soto on extralegality: http://www.amazon.com/Other-Path-Hernando-Soto/dp/0465016103...

In a country (Peru) where formal legal systems functioned extremely badly, there was a huge extralegal economy: houses, businesses, transport, etc all of which didn't officially exist and had no legal protection. Providing a route into the legitimate system provided a huge economic benefit for a lot of people and reduced Maoist terrorism.

Bad legal system < Lawlessness / Extralegality < Good legal system.

Re:Bitcoin, The Economic Singularity: From Holland with Love by TomGullen on Tuesday October 29, 2013 @10:18AM (#6634248)
Thanks looks interesting, have ordered it.