Sweden Considers Cashless Society

[FrankRep]

The move toward a cashless society is accelerating in Sweden as plastic payments become the norm and various government officials, unions, and high-profile Swedes push for a ban on cash to supposedly reduce robberies. by Alex Newman

Sweden Considers Cashless Society


Alex Newman | The New American
20 September 2010

 

[djdellisanti4]

This can't be good for Sweden. Just makes the money easier to manipulate.

 

[goopc]

no cash -> no tax/regulation evasion -> better enforced minimum wage -> higher unemployment

 

[silus]

The United Federation of Planets has not been created yet, so a cashless society would not work.