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Say good-bye to your beloved Benjamins, because the world is going cashless. So says David Wolman, and in The End of Money, he explores the drastic implications. How is it happening? What's at stake? Why does it matter? Each chapter of this timely and fascinating audiobook focuses on a specific aspect of the coming cashlessness. Its cast of compelling characters includes an end-times fundamentalist who views the growing obsolescence of cash as a sign of the coming rapture; an Icelandic artist whose claim to fame illustrates the complicated relationship between cash and nationalism; an American libertarian and coin-maker convicted on federal charges for the distribution of Liberty coins and Ron Paul dollars; and an Indian software engineer (self-billed as the assassin of cash) whose firm is enabling digital payment methods that are lifting the living standards of thousands of poor New Delhi residents via their cell phones. Raising the stakes with a personal experiment, Wolman goes (almost) a full year without using cash at all. All told, The End of Money offers everything there is to love about popular nonfiction, rendering a complex subject entertaining and easily approachable for a wide audience while proving the ultimate adventurousness inherent in a curiosity about the workings of the world.

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"""The End of Money offers everything there is to love about popular nonfiction, rendering a complex subject entertaining and easily approachable for a wide audience while proving the ultimate adventurousness inherent in a curiosity about the workings of the world."" -- ""Amazon.com, editorial review"" ""An intriguing book on a topic that many readers have always taken for granted: the cash in their purses and wallets."" -- ""Kirkus Reviews"" ""Provocative...A tidy history of money and its discontents."" -- ""Slate"" ""This is quite a romp, half digerotica, half travelogue...Whatever your take, reading this book will both entertain you and give your argument more currency."" -- ""Wired"" ""Wolman believes that physical cash will soon cease to be. He explores this compelling possibility by talking with a number of fascinating characters...Just as interesting is Wolman's discussion of money, culture, and poverty...Wolman's writing is clear and thoughtful, and his use of characters and places add color and personality to this excellent investigation of a timely topic."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""Wolman takes us on a tour of the history of currency from the first paper money issued in China to the colonial hodgepodge of bills that ultimately became the greenback, the world standard for money. With the proliferation of credit cards and other electronic forms of payment, Wolman posits the case for the elimination of 'hard cash' altogether."" -- ""Booklist"""

The End of Money offers everything there is to love about popular nonfiction, rendering a complex subject entertaining and easily approachable for a wide audience while proving the ultimate adventurousness inherent in a curiosity about the workings of the world. -- Amazon.com, editorial review An intriguing book on a topic that many readers have always taken for granted: the cash in their purses and wallets. -- Kirkus Reviews Provocative...A tidy history of money and its discontents. -- Slate This is quite a romp, half digerotica, half travelogue...Whatever your take, reading this book will both entertain you and give your argument more currency. -- Wired Wolman believes that physical cash will soon cease to be. He explores this compelling possibility by talking with a number of fascinating characters...Just as interesting is Wolman's discussion of money, culture, and poverty...Wolman's writing is clear and thoughtful, and his use of characters and places add color and personality to this excellent investigation of a timely topic. -- Publishers Weekly Wolman takes us on a tour of the history of currency from the first paper money issued in China to the colonial hodgepodge of bills that ultimately became the greenback, the world standard for money. With the proliferation of credit cards and other electronic forms of payment, Wolman posits the case for the elimination of 'hard cash' altogether. -- Booklist

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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 graduate of Stanford University's journalism program, he now lives in Portland, Oregon, where he received a 2011 Oregon Arts Commission Individual Artist Fellowship. He is the author of ""A Left-Hand Turn Around the World"" and ""Righting the Mother Tongue."""

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