This week’s edition of “Long Reads Sunday” features NLW reading Bradley Rettler’s “The Rich Get Richer, the Poor Get Bitcoin.” It is an argument that, far from being just a speculative tool for the already wealthy, bitcoin represents a disruptive force that can combat wealth inequality.

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How Bitcoin Can Help Break Cycles of Poverty

A reading of an essay from University of Wyoming philosophy professor Bradley Rettler.

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Nathaniel Whittemore

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