Michael J. Casey
Journalist and author
Michael J. Casey is a journalist and author who writes about economics, finance and digital technology. He co-wrote The Age of Cryptocurrency with Paul Vigna.
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Born in Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Influenced by Michael Lewis, Thomas L. Friedman, Simon Johnson
About Michael J. Casey
Michael J. Casey was born in Perth, Western Australia. He worked for 18 years in reporting roles with Dow Jones and the Wall Street Journal, ending as a senior columnist on world economics and finance. He later lectured at MIT Sloan School of Management, advised the Digital Currency Initiative at the MIT Media Lab, and served as Chief Content Officer at CoinDesk, a media outlet covering cryptocurrencies and blockchain. The Age of Cryptocurrency (2015), written with Wall Street Journal reporter Paul Vigna, looks at the rise of bitcoin and the wider consequences of the technology behind it. Casey has also written Che's Afterlife, about Alberto Korda's famous photograph of Che Guevara, and The Truth Machine, a follow-up with Vigna on uses of blockchain beyond currency.