The Sovereign Individual

by James Dale Davidson & Lord William Rees-Mogg · 1997

A forecast of the information age, digital money, decentralization, and the changing power of nation-states.

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James Dale Davidson · Author and investment writer

Lord William Rees-Mogg · Author and editor

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James Dale DavidsonAuthor and investment writer

Co-author with William Rees-Mogg of The Sovereign Individual.

Lord William Rees-MoggAuthor and editor

Co-author with James Dale Davidson of The Sovereign Individual.

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Peter Thiel Co-founder, PayPal and Palantir

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Documented citation: WIRED reported that The Sovereign Individual was recommended to Balaji Srinivasan by Peter Thiel.

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WIRED · 2022-09-06 · accessed 2026-06-21

WIRED reports that Srinivasan would talk about The Sovereign Individual, a book recommended to him by Thiel.

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