{"product_id":"war-against-cash-the-plot-to-empty-your-wallet-and-own-your-financial-future-a-and-why-you-must-fight-it-paperback","title":"War Against Cash: The Plot to Empty Your Wallet and Own Your Financial Future A and Why You Must Fight It - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eRoss Clark\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWe are constantly being told that we are on the cusp of a cashless society. The financial services industry would certainly like to see it that way. We are being enticed with contactless cards, mobile phone payment apps, and methods of bank transfer: all, apparently, for our convenience. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBut as Ross Clark argues in this compelling new book, it is not in our interests to surrender the right to use cash. Commercial interests want us to pay electronically in order to collect valuable data on our spending habits, while governments would love us to move to cashless payments in order to control the economy in ways which suit them, not us. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf we choose to pay electronically, that is one thing, but we will regret it if we do not defend the right to pay with cash.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRoss Clark is a journalist who writes extensively for the Spectator, the Daily Mail, the Daily Express and for many other publications. For many years he wrote the Thunderer column on the Times. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRoss is also the bestselling author of How to Label a Goat: The silly rules and regulations that are strangling Britain, The Road to Southend Pier: One man's struggle against the surveillance society, A Broom Cupboard of One's Own: The housing crisis and how to solve it, and The Great Before, a satire on the anti-globalisation movement.\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 192\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.63 x 8.43 x 5.51 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 13, 2017\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51760860758304,"sku":"9780857196255","price":16.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/bfddcc15603a68f7e4e3da1fd464432b.webp?v=1780192084","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/war-against-cash-the-plot-to-empty-your-wallet-and-own-your-financial-future-a-and-why-you-must-fight-it-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}