Joakim Book
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Freelance writing, editing, RA

Financial History.

Monetary Economics.

My great passion in life is financial history and monetary economics. I love all things banking and get excited about stock prices and centuries-old balance sheets. My main goal is to know everything there is to know about the Bank of England.

Featured on ZeroHedge, Sydney Life, FT Alphaville, Capitalism Magazine, SvD and more.

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Recently published work

A Lesson in Inventing Your Own Statistics (NoL)
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Investors, Randomness, and Entrepreneurial Thinking (Mises)
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Was Bitcoin the Best-Performing Asset of the Decade? (AIER)
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The Hobbit Teaches that We Can’t Eat Money (AIER)
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“The simplest explanation of the significance of Bills of Exchange”
Two Financial Instruments that made the Modern World, Notes on Liberty
- Judy Stephenson, Lecturer at University College London

“Hugely impressed by Joakim’s knowledge of economic and financial history”

- Prof. Edward Stringham, American Institute for Economic Research

“Really excellent understanding of currency and banking school debates”

- Dr. Duncan Ross, University of Glasgow

“Loved your Darcy piece”

Mr. Darcy's Ten Thousand a Year, Notes on Liberty
- Dr. Hollis Robbins, Sonoma State University

“Big fan of your writing style. Excellent mix of both personality and clarity

- Tho Bishop, Mises Institute
Featured Story

Was Bitcoin the Best-Performing Asset of the Decade? (AIER)

On the first day of the new decade, bitcoin’s price was $7,180. On January 1, 2010, it might have been $0.50, or $0.07, or even $0.0036. It’s hard to tell, as there wasn’t exactly a liquid bitcoin–dollar market at that time and price histories are hard to come by. As we’ll see, the only way that an asset can post the spectacular returns that have lately been celebrated for bitcoin is by starting from a ridiculously low base.

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What services do I offer?

- professional copyediting and proofreading
- tutoring
- research assistance and professional writing
in all areas economics and social science, with a speciality in Financial History.

If you have a project suited to my skills, I'm happy to collaborate. Do drop me a line or hit me up on Fiverr or UpWork.

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