moreĪ really good into book on digital money from a leftist perspective. Who benefits from a cashless society and who is left behind? And will the departure of cash also signal the departure of true privacy?. In Cloudmoney, Brett Scott uncovers a long-established lobbying infrastructure set up by an alliance of partners, including financial institutions, governments and international agencies, to wage a covert cold war against cash. However, the great information firewall is being completely offline, leaving data black holes. In our large-scale modern economies, a significant amount of a person's life is spent buying things, and this data provides a clear idea of their priorities, habits and beliefs. Yet, if we really want to see what a person is motivated to act upon in society, we should examine their payments data. Facebook has a treasure trove of its users' special moments and projections of vanity. Google has search patterns revealing your desires, fetishes and intellectual interests. In the great battle for global monopolization, different 'watchers' are trying to capture and hoard data. What happens when physical money is replaced completely by digital transactions? We are often told that the move towards a cashless society is 'natural progress', but there is seldom reference to the powerful groups that are vigorously pushing for it. Wh Cloudmoney take us to the frontlines of a war for our wallets that is also about our freedom: it is a captivating tour of the world of money that also asks the most important questions about our future. Cloudmoney take us to the frontlines of a war for our wallets that is also about our freedom: it is a captivating tour of the world of money that also asks the most important questions about our future.

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