Horizon Information Portal

HSPLS site

eBooks/Audiobooks

Reading Program

The end of money [electronic resource] : counterfeiters, preachers, techies, dreamers-and the coming cashless society / David Wolman.

by Wolman, David (Journalist)

View full image

Boston, MA : Da Capo Press, c2012.

Money -- History.

Electronic Resource

http://hawaii.lib.overdrive.com/ContentDetails.htm?ID=82FBCBFF-AF0E-4B08-89CE-2FFF1B84C0C6 This title is available online; click here to access

9780306819469 (electronic bk.)

0306819465 (electronic bk.)

1 online resource (x, 228 p.)

1st Da Capo Press ed.

The missionary -- The messenger -- The counterfeiters -- The loyalists -- The patriot -- The traitor -- The revolutionaries -- The emissary.

"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"--

Horizon Information Portal 3.25_9884

Powered by Dynix

© 2001-2013 SirsiDynix All rights reserved.

Horizon Information Portal