Maurer How Would You Like to Pay?

How Technology Is Changing the Future of Money
1. Auflage 2015
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7517-3
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 176 Seiten

In this primer on the history of money, Bill Maurer explores the implications of how technology is changing how we use money and argues that understanding and considering how we would like to pay gives us insight into determining how we would like to live.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Maurer, Bill

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Wirtschaftssektoren & Branchen Einzel- und Großhandel
• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments vii

Introduction. Who This Book Is For 1

1. Disruptions in Money 17

2. What Is Money? 37

3. Two Scenarios: A Day in the Money Life 51

4. The Evolution of Money 63

5. Use Cases for Money 79

6. What's in Your Wallet? 95

7. What Can You Do with a Mobile Phone? 107

8. Airtime 119

9. Monetary Repertoires 129

For Further Reading 145

Index 153

Über Autor(innen)

Bill Maurer is Dean of the School of Social Sciences; Professor of Anthropology, Law and Criminology, Law and Society; and the Director of the Institute for Money, Technology, and Financial Inclusion at the University of California, Irvine. He is the author of Pious Property: Islamic Mortgages in the United States and Mutual Life, Limited: Islamic Banking, Alternative Currencies, Lateral Reason.