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The Cashless Society
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Does Using Cash Lead You To Spend More or Less?
What I learned from two months of living cashlessly.
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Nickeled and Dimed
Would the United States save money by switching to a cashless economy?
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Fistful of Dollars
Cold hard cash is a surprisingly popular American export, but the party’s going to be over soon.
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Would a Cashless Society Have Less Crime?
How paper money facilitates tax evasion and the black market.
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Brother, Can You Spare an E-Dime?
What will panhandlers do when people stop carrying spare change?
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How Hard Is It To Get by Without Cash?
It’s been 44 days—and counting—since I’ve touched a dollar bill.
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Do You Know What James K. Polk Looks Like?
It would be disturbingly easy to fake America’s $1 coins. Why isn’t the government doing more to prevent it from happening?
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The Cashless Life
How long can one man survive without using a single bill or coin?