Abstract

James J. Angel of Georgetown University reviews “How Would You Like to Pay? How Technology Is Changing the Future of Money,” by Bill Maurer. The Econlit abstract of this book begins: “[3, generally] Investigates the impact of technological and cultural innovations on currency, payments, and the idea of money through consideration of the infrastructures and social relationships that constitute its uses and meanings. [TOC] Discusses disruptions in money; what money is; a day in the money life — two scenarios; the evolution of money; use cases for money; what is in people's wallets; what can be done with a mobile phone; airtime; and monetary repertoires. [back cover] Maurer is Dean of the School of Social Sciences, Professor of Anthropology, Law and Criminology, Law and Society, and Director of the Institute for Money, Technology, and Financial Inclusion at the University of California, Irvine.”

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