Does Dodd-Frank Have You Reaching for Your Cash?
In a society steadily moving toward a cashless future (if not yet a penniless one), we may be seeing a return to cash transactions in some cases, for a surprising reason: A new law that was supposed to...
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One Step Closer to a Cashless Future
(Photo: Timo Arnall) If you’re wondering what our cash-free future may look like — what will it do, e.g., to panhandling? — consider a trip to Sweden. The Associated Press reports on that country’s...
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What Do You Want to Know About Fighting Poverty With Cash Payments?
If you happen to be in New York on Mon., Nov. 11, you might want to come see Richard Thaler and Dean Karlan talk about “using evidence and behavioral economics to fight poverty.” The event (info here)...
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What's the Best Way to Deliver Food Aid?
(Photo: Feed My Starving Children) The question of how best to deliver food aid is a controversial one. In recent years, economists like Dean Karlan and Ed Glaeser have suggested that direct cash...
View ArticleDoes the Absence of Cash Help Cut Crime?
A new working paper (abstract; ungated PDF not available) by Richard Wright, Erdal Tekin, Volkan Topalli, Chandler McClellan, Timothy Dickinson, and Richard Rosenfeld analyzes the effects of delivering...
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