Why we should fear a cashless world
Here in Italy the big issue is that many business will just not declare cash transactions. It's pretty common not to be given a receipt when buying a coffee and often when you visit a doctor they'll say: do you want the invoice or a discount?<p>A couple of friends got married recently and I found out they paid over half of what the owed in cash to get pretty decent discount.<p>So before we talk privacy and company let's remember that this kind of hidden economy has a huge cost for society and it's very widespread in southern Europe.