# What books or papers would you give someone to get them in the Celo spirit?

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**Created:** [September 2, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/what-books-or-papers-would-you-give-someone-to-get-them-in-the-celo-spirit/4289 "2022-09-02T17:22:12Z")\
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**Author:** ![edlovecrypto](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.celo.org/edlovecrypto/32/57_2.png) [@edlovecrypto](https://forum.celo.org/u/edlovecrypto)\
**Post date:** [September 2, 2022, 5:22pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/what-books-or-papers-would-you-give-someone-to-get-them-in-the-celo-spirit/4289/1 "2022-09-02T17:22:12Z")

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Hey friends,

I am thinking of giving some professors of mine books and printed academic papers to get them interested in researching about Blockchain, Cryptocurrency, Celo and the economic theories that inspired the Blockchain.

What books or papers would you suggest me to give them in order to get them onboard Celo?

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![papa\_raw](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.celo.org/papa_raw/32/6248_2.png) [@papa\_raw](https://forum.celo.org/u/papa_raw)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2022, 4:05pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/what-books-or-papers-would-you-give-someone-to-get-them-in-the-celo-spirit/4289/2 "2022-09-03T16:05:45Z")

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> **[Celo: Building a Regenerative Economy](https://www.notboring.co/p/celo-building-a-regenerative-economy)**
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> The Carbon-Negative Blockchain Making Money Beautiful

> **[DeFi’s Role In Creating a Regenerative Economy](https://blog.celo.org/defis-role-in-creating-a-regenerative-economy-ac34676ff957)**
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> By Nikhil Raghuveera, Celo Foundation

> **[Celo Whitepapers](https://celo.org/papers)**
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> Papers on Celo Protocol, Economics, & Use Cases

> **[An introductory guide to Celo](https://blog.celo.org/an-introductory-guide-to-celo-b185c62d3067)**
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> Currently, the world’s financial system excludes roughly 1 in 3 adults. At the same time, 6 billion smartphones will be connected by 2020…

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**Author:** ![olenovyk](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.celo.org/olenovyk/32/8720_2.png) [@olenovyk](https://forum.celo.org/u/olenovyk)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2022, 8:39am UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/what-books-or-papers-would-you-give-someone-to-get-them-in-the-celo-spirit/4289/3 "2022-09-05T08:39:21Z")

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Sacred Economics by Eisenstein is the book that inspired founders to start working on Celo. I started my journey with Celo from reading this book and it was an eye opening experience. Always recommend it to anyone who wants to learn more about sustainable financial systems.  
[https://sacred-economics.com/](https://sacred-economics.com/)

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**Author:** ![annaalexa](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.celo.org/annaalexa/32/8148_2.png) [@annaalexa](https://forum.celo.org/u/annaalexa)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2022, 4:07pm UTC](https://forum.celo.org/t/what-books-or-papers-would-you-give-someone-to-get-them-in-the-celo-spirit/4289/4 "2022-09-08T16:07:06Z")

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Sacred Economics is a classic and inspired so much of our work at Celo. Definitely agree with [Celo: Building a Regenerative Economy](https://www.notboring.co/p/celo-building-a-regenerative-economy) and I also really like Sep’s talk on [5 Features of Money](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAL3L4-7r0M) and Will’s post about [Celo’s Theory of Change](https://blog.celo.org/celos-theory-of-change-b916de44945d).