Finans

Why we lose track of spending in a cashless society

What looks like fraud, feels like fraud but isn’t fraud? What about a company website that pops up when you search for the government agency that issues driving licences, and charges a handsome fee for forwarding your details to the real website?

I worry that we now live in that blur, spending cash without clearly perceiving what happened. The pandemic, with its shift to contactless or online spending, has served to catalyse the process further.
I worry that we now live in that blur, spending cash without clearly perceiving what happened. The pandemic, with its shift to contactless or online spending, has served to catalyse the process further.Foto: Mikaela Berg
  • Tim Harford (FT)
Publisert 21. June 2021, kl. 09.29Oppdatert 21. June 2021, kl. 09.29
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