{"product_id":"the-price-of-normal-9798241142702","title":"The Price of Normal","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Abiola Onikoyi\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Money \u0026amp; Monetary Policy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMoney was never meant to feel like this.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEverywhere you look, instability has been rebranded as \"normal.\"\u003cbr\u003ePrices rise quietly. Savings lose meaning. Risk is pushed onto individuals while institutions rewrite the rules. Most people feel it but can't quite name it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Price of Normal\u003c\/b\u003e explains why.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a technical book about Bitcoin.\u003cbr\u003eIt is a clear, historical, and deeply human examination of how money breaks, how societies adapt, and why a system built on discipline eventually outlasts systems built on discretion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDrawing on history, economics, and real-world events, Abiola Onikoyi traces the hidden cost of modern monetary systems and why Bitcoin emerged not as an invention, but as an inevitability.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis book walks the reader through: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow inflation silently taxes time, not just money\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy \"stability\" in modern finance is often manufactured and temporary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow trust shifted from rules to promises, and what that cost us\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy most monetary systems fail slowly, then suddenly\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow Bitcoin survived ridicule, collapse, bans, bubbles, and neglect without changing its rules\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy scarcity enforced by code behaves differently than scarcity enforced by policy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eRather than advocating, the book observes.\u003cbr\u003eRather than persuading, it documents.\u003cbr\u003eRather than predicting, it connects the dots.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe Price of Normal\u003c\/b\u003e is written for readers who sense that something is off but want understanding, not hype. It is for investors, builders, professionals, and thinkers who want to see the full arc: from broken money, to fragile systems, to a protocol that simply keeps enforcing its rules.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBitcoin does not appear here as a solution looking for a problem.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt appears as what happens \u003cb\u003ewhen the problem has existed for a very long time\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a book about money, time, and consequence.\u003cbr\u003eAnd about the quiet price we pay when instability becomes routine. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eNormal has a cost. This book explains why and who ends up paying it.","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47573656764567,"sku":"9798241142702","price":807.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798241142702.webp?v=1774893431","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-price-of-normal-9798241142702","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}