The winners and losers in a cashless society
The winners and losers in a cashless society
- July 30, 2018
- Bill Maurer, anthropology and law, in Barron’s, July 30, 2018
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With cash, virtually no one has an incentive to promote it. Yet when you describe
it in basic terms, cash is amazing: “It can be given by anyone, accepted by anyone,
settled and cleared instantaneously,” University of California at Irvine professor
Bill Maurer told Grabar.
For the full story, please visit https://www.barrons.com/articles/the-winners-and-losers-in-a-cashless-society-1532985580.
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