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The announcement that Harriet Tubman will be the first woman on U.S. currency in more than a century recalls the history of female – and African-American – portrayals on money.
The desire to fritter away our pay packet on the roll of a dice may not be hardwired at all. So where does it come from?
The prosperity gospel – a uniquely American strand of Christian theology – creates a dilemma for its adherents.
The RNC and DNC are indifferent to young voters – and the young voters are returning the favor.
The government should be encouraging informal investors to put their money into start-ups, not barring them from tax offsets that encourage them to do so.
The British do love a scientist on their money, as RBS’s new choice of Mary Somerville for the £10 confirms. Is it time we thought out of the box?
What role does a bit of recognition play for students?
Money used to be backed by something of real value such as gold or silver. Bitcoins and other digital currencies will sever that link forever.
The continued ownership of shares in central banks by private investors may be a superfluous relic but it enhances governance and adds to the transparency and accountability of central banks.
Artists and satirists have long played around with currency. With fiscal uncertainty only on the up, artsy cash is becoming more and more prevalent.
The misguided belief that banks create money out of nothing has generated public anger with organisations and individuals calling for an overhaul of the system and an end to money creation by banks.
An 11% reduction in the number of ATMs in Chile has been a nightmare for the majority of the country’s citizens.
Welcome to CSIRO Inventions, a series looking at the discoveries and innovations borne from Australia’s national science agency. In this first instalment, we outline the story behind the plastic money…
Facebook has been on a shopping spree in 2014. It’s looking to buy a drone company so it can bring the internet and Facebook to the remaining 6 billion people on Earth who aren’t already using it, and…
How important, if at all, is having more money for our happiness and well-being? Unsurprisingly this question stimulates a lot of opinion and debate. But are people accurate in their predictions about…
The future of 3D printing is firming up as it moves from do-it-yourself tinkerers to key players selling complete consumer solutions. This shift brings important ecological and socio-economic implications…
The fact that that money can’t buy you happiness is generally well accepted. Happiness, it appears, is more about meaning and satisfaction than the acquisition of more stuff. But money isn’t all bad. It…
Money has come a long way from gold coins stamped with the Emperor’s likeness. Today, the vast majority of money is digitised - in the US, notes and coins comprise only 7% of cash in circulation. So with…
Savings and assets are key to enabling upward mobility across a range of groups and income levels. A ten-year long study…
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Associate Professor of Markets, Public Policy and Law, Boston University
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Director of the Centre for Digital Finance, Associate Professor in Finance, University of Southampton
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Part-Time Professor of Economics, The New School
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Professor of Human Ecology, Lund University
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Professor of Finance, Auckland University of Technology
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Professor of Innovation Studies, Swinburne University of Technology
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Professor of FinTech History and Global Trade, Northumbria University, Newcastle
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Professor of International Finance and Commodities, Trinity College Dublin
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Senior Lecturer in Accounting and Financialization, University of Sheffield
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Associate Professor of Finance, Texas State University
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