Rogoff, Kenneth S. <br/><br/>
The curse of cash / 
Kenneth S. Rogoff. 
 - Princeton :  Princeton University Press,  2016 
 - x, 283p. ;  24cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction and overview -- The early development of coins and paper currency -- Size and composition of global currency supplies, and the share held abroad -- Holdings of currency in domestic legal, tax-paying economy -- Currency demand in the underground economy -- Seigniorage -- A plan for phasing out most paper currency -- The cost of the zero bound constraint -- Higher inflation targets, nominal GDP, escape clauses and fiscal policy -- Other paths to negative interest rates -- Other possible downsides to negative nominal policy rates -- Negative interest rates as a violation of trust and a step away from rule-based systems -- International dimensions to phasing out paper currency -- Digital currencies and gold -- Conclusions. 
<br/><br/> The world is drowning in cash--and it's making us poorer and less safe. In The Curse of Cash, Kenneth Rogoff, one of the world's leading economists, makes a persuasive and fascinating case for an idea that until recently would have seemed outlandish: getting rid of most paper money. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780691172132 (hardback : alk. paper) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2016-014943 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Paper money.<br/>Money.<br/>Currency question.<br/>Monetary policy.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HG350  / .R64 2016 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>332.4  / ROG