Building a Cashless Society : : The Swedish Route to the Future of Cash Payments.

• Superior document: SpringerBriefs in Economics Series
• Author: Arvidsson, Niklas.
• Place / Publishing House: Cham : : Springer International Publishing AG,, 2019.; ©2019.
• Year of Publication: 2019
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics Series
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (98 pages)

Table of Contents

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgements -- Contents -- Chapter 1: Money: The Greatest Innovation in the History of Humanity -- The Essence of This Book -- Money: The Center of Development Since the Birth of Humanity -- Chapter 2: History of Money: In the Eye of the Beholder -- The Birth of Historic Forms of Money -- Three Paradigms of Money -- Value-Based Money -- Fiat Money -- Decentralized Money -- Understanding the Three Paradigms of Money -- References -- Chapter 3: Cash Payments: An International Comparison -- References -- Chapter 4: The Story of Cash and the Route Toward a Cashless Society: The Case of Sweden -- History of Swedish Money: From the Tenth Century to the Nineteenth Century -- The Development of the Swedish Payment System During the Last Secades -- References -- Chapter 5: Cash in the Swedish Payment System Today -- Reference -- Chapter 6: Understanding the Process Toward a Cashless Society -- Cash Payments: A Socio-technical System -- References -- Chapter 7: Stories from a Close to Cash-Free Society -- The General Story of Sweden -- Situation Stockholm: Empowering Homeless People -- When Homeless People Taught Stockholm to Use Mobile Payments -- The Swedish Church: The Largest Church in Sweden -- The Swedish Parish in Sundbyberg in Stockholm: A Cash-Free Organization -- A Cash-Free Parish: Combining Sacred Traditions with Modern Technologies -- PRO: Pensioners Fighting to Keep Legal Tender in Sweden -- Having Access to Payment Services Is a Foundation for a Democracy -- The PRO Activities in Östersund Will Not Work Without Cash -- Rural Sweden: A GONGO -- The Story of These Stories -- References -- Chapter 8: The Future of Cash in Sweden -- Is a Cashless Economy Possible? -- The Future of Cash in Sweden -- References -- Chapter 9: What Can Be Learnt from This Development? -- References -- Chapter 10: Summary and Conclusions.

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