Cash and Covid (La transformación en el uso del efectivo y los pagos...
We have published an updated version of our study on the impact of COVID on the use of cash, with Manuel Bautista Gónzalez and Ignacio Gónzalez Correa. Abstract follows and full article avalaible here...
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Debit cards are critical and a momentous innovation for the actual implementation of the cashless economy as they give direct access to liquid balances at the point of sale. In the latest contribution...
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Remittances, Cash and Fintechs in the US-Mexico Corridor (2022)
Some thoughts on: The Journey of a Remittance in the US-Mexico Corridor: From My Salary to My Family We were invited to take part in a project around the “frictions” to deploy a central bank digital...
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Cloud-Money: A Review-Cash’s Clipping of Capitalism & AI’s Wings
Jeff Yost provides an interesting review, from a historian of technology and computing to Brett Scott´s book above entitled. I don’t always agree with Brett´s interpretation of the history of money...
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The rise and fall of IBM
I had a good chat with my friend, colleague and mentor, Jim Cortada, on his latest book. You can hear the podcast here.
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Moral Economies of Money
Jakob Feining has come up with the intersting idea of “monetary silences”, to explore how and when people’s practices and institutions shape money and money creation. He provided deep insight into...
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Bridging the gap between communications and computing
In this podcast I discuss a book that will be appealing to a general audience and which helps to bridge the gap of the story of communication in the broad history of computer technology. In Cellular:...
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IT as a barrier to entry
I spoke with Jim Bessen about his new book “The New Goliaths” (you can listen to the interview for Newbooks Network here). Bessen offers a deep discussion (albeit for a general public) on how large...
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Birth of Modern Facts
I had a good chat with Jim Cortada about his latest book and ideas of the importance of information. Follow the link below to the podcasts.https://overcast.fm/+QQk6sipk
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When Cash is No Longer King
In case you missed it, this podcasts by the Colin McEnrow show (NPR Connecticut) speaks about the perils of a cashless society. At the end it talks about ATM with a certain weirdo who wrote their...
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