A time capsule for future social researchers: Bill Maurer
A time capsule for future social researchers: Bill Maurer
- May 1, 2020
- Bill Maurer, anthropology, SSRC, May 1, 2020
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In this installment, Professor Bill Maurer (director of the Institute for Money, Technology
and Financial Inclusion and Dean of the School of Social Sciences, UC Irvine) discusses
how the Covid-19 pandemic has changed perceptions of value, pushing society to rethink
how currency is exchanged—cash passing through hands or contactless payments—in an
interview with SSRC Anxieties of Democracy program officer Jonathan Hack.
For the full story, please visit https://covid19research.ssrc.org/time-capsule/bill-maurer/.
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