How Would You Like to Pay?

Maurer Bill Maurer

Description

From Bitcoin to Apple Pay, big changes seem to be afoot in the world of money. Yet the use of coins and paper bills has persisted for 3,000 years. In How Would You Like to Pay?, leading anthropologist Bill Maurer narrates money's history, considers its role in everyday life, and discusses the implications of how new technologies are changing how we pay. These changes are especially important in the developing world, where people who lack access to banks are using cell phones in creative ways to send and save money. To truly understand money, Maurer explains, is to understand and appreciate the complex infrastructures and social relationships it relies on. Engaging and straightforward, How Would You Like to Pay? rethinks something so familiar and fundamental in new and exciting ways. Ultimately, considering how we would like to pay gives insights into determining how we would like to live.  

Sujets

• Sociologie, société et politique
• Domestic market

Informations

• Publié par: Duke University Press
• Date de parution: 15 octobre 2015
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9780822375173
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 13 Mo

Extrait

How Would You Like to Pay?

How Would You Like to Pay? How Technology Is Changing the Future of Money Bill Maurer

Duke University PressDurham and London 2015

© 2015 B Màûé • a ŝ éŝéé • Pé  é Ué Sàéŝ ô aéçà ô àç- éé àé ♾ • Bôô à çôé éŝ  Nààé . S • Téŝé  Qûààà Pô  Tŝé ïôàô Sŝéŝ, ïç. • à ô côéŝŝ cààô--Pûçàô Dàà • Màûé, B, 1968– • ôw wôû ôû é ô à? : ôw éçôô ŝ çà é ûûé ô ôé / B Màûé. • àéŝ ç • ïçûéŝ ôàçà éééçéŝ à éX. • îsbn 978-0-8223-5956-2 (àçôé : à. àé) • îsbn 978-0-8223-5999-9 (. : à. àé) • îsb n 978-0-8223-7517-3 (é-ôô) • 1. Eéçôç ûŝ àŝéŝ. 2. Môé. • ï. Té. • Hg1710.m38 2015 • 332.1′78—ç23 • 2015004994 •Dûé Uéŝ Péŝŝ àéû àçôwééŝ é ŝûô ô é ïŝûé ô Môé, Téçôô  à àçà ïçûŝô, wç ôé ûŝ ôwà é ûçàô ô ŝ ôô.

Contents

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Introduction. Who This Book Is For3

1. Disruptions in Money17

2. What Is Money?37

3. Two Scenarios: A Day in the Money Life51

4. The Evolution of Money63

5. Use Cases for Money79

6. What’s in Your Wallet?95

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

8. Airtime119

9. Monetary Repertoires129

[ Acknowledgments, vii ] [ For Further Reading, 145 ] [ Index, 153 ]

Acknowledgments

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[ viii ] Acknowledgments