The End of Money
Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers--and the Coming Cashless Society
Published on 13. August 2013
Book
Paperback/Softback
248 pages
978-0-306-82147-9 (ISBN)
Description
For ages, money has been represented by little metal disks and rectangular slips of paper. Yet the usefulness of physical money- to say nothing of its value- is coming under fire as never before. Intrigued by the distinct possibility that cash will soon disappear, author and Wired contributing editor David Wolman sets out to investigate the future of money, and how it will affect your wallet.Told with verve and wit, The End of Money explores an aspect of our daily lives so fundamental that we rarely stop to think about it. You'll never look at a dollar bill the same way again.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
Hachette Books
Product notice
Paperback (UK-trade)
Dimensions
Height: 228 mm
Width: 151 mm
Thickness: 25 mm
Weight
306 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-306-82147-9 (9780306821479)
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David Wolman is a contributing editor at Wired. He has written for such publications as Outside, Mother Jones, Newsweek, Discover, Forbes, and Salon, and his work appeared in Best American Science Writing 2009. A former Fulbright journalism fellow in Japan and graduate of Stanford University's journalism program, he now lives in Portland, Oregon, where he received a 2011 Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship. His previous books are A Left-Hand Turn Around the World and Righting the Mother Tongue. Visit his website at a href="http://www.david-wolman.com/" title="blocked::http://www.david-wolman.com/"www.david-wolman.com /a and follow him on Twitter at @davidwolman.