Digital currency for social good: A reading list

Digital currency for social good: A reading list
- June 15, 2016
- Bill Maurer, social sciences dean and anthropologist, on digital currency, courtesy of Medium
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Let’s start with a sweeping generalization: money is always cultural. The folks at
the Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion (IMTFI) at UC Irvine know
this well. … Professor Bill Mauer, dean of the School of Social Sciences at UC Irvine
… directs a whole boatload of researchers around culture and currency. I highly recommend
his book: How Would You Like to Pay? How Technology is Changing the Future of Money.
For the full story, please visit https://medium.com/@mozzadrella/digital-currency-for-social-good-a-reading-list-adc2a1e385e2#.hoj5hz7ie.
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