261. Why Are We Still Using Cash?

It facilitates crime, bribery, and tax evasion -- and yet some governments (including ours) are printing more cash than ever. Other countries, meanwhile, are ditching cash entirely. And if Star Trek is right, we won't have money of any sort in the 24th century.

Episode 261 of the Freakonomics Radio podcast, hosted by Freakonomics Radio + Stitcher, titled "261. Why Are We Still Using Cash?" was published on September 29, 2016 and runs 42 minutes.

September 29, 2016 ·42m · Freakonomics Radio

Summary

It facilitates crime, bribery, and tax evasion -- and yet some governments (including ours) are printing more cash than ever. Other countries, meanwhile, are ditching cash entirely. And if Star Trek is right, we won't have money of any sort in the 24th century.

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