Great article. A book you may be interested in checking out is "The Sovereign Individual" by James Dale Davidson. There are a lot of the same echoes of decentralization being the cure for modern corporate capitalism. It was also written in the 90's and he predicts cryptocurrencies (value exchange via private keys).
The thing that I like most about cryptocurrencies is the freedom to choose one that aligns with my economic beliefs. The (relatively) deflationary aspect of bitcoin is why I was initially so interested, but we are getting to the point where there are options for almost any currency need.
Never thought about it like the latter half. Interesting. Yeah that book is on my reading list. Thanks for reading