Patrick McGinty is the author of the novel Test Drive, about workers in Pittsburgh’s driverless car sector. He is at work on a novel about cryptocurrency and teaches at Slippery Rock University, where he is a member of the Association of Pennsylvania State College and University Faculties (APSCUF).
Most of us sense cryptocurrency is a scam. But some boosters claim progressives shouldn’t abandon crypto. Examine those claims closely, however, and you won’t find much — perhaps because there really isn’t an argument for crypto from the Left.