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

摘要

Economists have long picked up useful tools and insights from other fields, ranging from mathematics to psychology. How Would You Like to Pay? How Technology is Changing the Future of Money by anthropologist Bill Maurer is a reminder that we can learn from anthropology as well. Maurer takes a broad look at the history and various forms of money and makes several important points that should be seriously considered by economists. Maurer views money as more than just a medium of exchange or a store of value, but as a "system of relationships, a chain of promises, and a record of people's transactions with one another."