18 Jun 2012

The end of money

From Afternoons, 3:08 pm on 18 June 2012

American author and journalist, David Wolman on how a cashless society will affect your wallet; critics say cash penalises the poor, and rewards criminals. It's covered in germs and even drugs and it's just not worth the cost of keeping it in circulation. His book is 'The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers-and the Coming Cashless Society'.

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