Why we should fear a cashless world
&gt; We already live in a world that is, as far as the
&gt; distribution of wealth is concerned, about as unequal
&gt; as it gets. It may even be as unequal as it’s ever been.<p>Sure, if by &quot;a world&quot; you mean &quot;a hyper-prosperous nation like the US or the UK&quot;... and if by &quot;unequal as it&#x27;s ever been&quot; you mean that <i>third-world countries are taking our jobs and becoming much more prosperous, hitting our middle income brackets - the global 2% - harder than anyone else.</i><p>If you really mean <i>globally</i>, then inequality is in fact falling.<p>But sure, yes, the &quot;cashless&quot; ideas going around today are just a way for the government to enforce surveillance and steal away citizens&#x27; money with negative interest rates.