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"The age of paper dollars and metal coins is coming to a close. In The End of Money, David Wolman introduces the people, technologies, and trends powering this shakeup, taking us to hotspots of the cashless revolution. He zooms from the cash-strapped slums of Delhi, to the tech-obsessed streets of Tokyo, to London to hobnob with digital cash gurus. Then it's on to Reykjavik, where Icelanders are about to kill their national currency; Washington, to learn about high-tech counterfeiting; and Los Angeles, where scientists study our brains on cash. Along the way, Wolman examines the implications of next-generation payment innovations, investigates alternative and virtual currencies, and showcases the boon in mobile-phone banking. As cash gets pushed toward extinction, now is the time to explore its effect on our wallets and our lives"--
"The End of Money is the story of hard currency--its history, conflicts, champions, detractors, and eventual demise. As the role of bills and coins in our everyday lives and in the economy lessens, real money is becoming not merely an abstraction, but an abstraction of an abstraction. What will an increasingly cashless future mean for society, and for the people whose careers are linked to the production, management, and collection of hard currency? This is their story, but it is also our story--because the fate of real money impacts all of our wallets"--
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Money, History, Coins, Paper money, Money, history, Monetary policy, history, FinanceShowing 4 featured editions. View all 4 editions?
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End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers--And the Coming Cashless Society
2013, Hachette Books
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0306822695 9780306822698
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The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers--and the Coming Cashless Society
Aug 13, 2013, Da Capo Press, Brand: Da Capo Press
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0306821478 9780306821479
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The end of money: counterfeiters, preachers, techies, dreamers-and the coming cashless society
2012, Da Capo Press
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0306818833 9780306818837
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End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers - And the Coming Cashless Society
2012, Hachette Books
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1280599960 9781280599965
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