ComputingJanuary 1, 2018
Beyond Bitcoin: How Technology Could Help Fix Our Broken Financial System
New financial networks could stop the concentration of wealth and increase participation in the economy—but only if used with care
Stories by Alex "Sandy" Pentland
Alex "Sandy" Pentland is a professor at M.I.T., one of the most cited authors in computer science and a member of the U.S. National Academies. In 2011 Forbes named him one of the world's seven most powerful data scientists. His most recent book is Social Physics (Penguin Books, 2015).