Episode 10 - Money
Is the “death of cash” a good thing? What happens when we use algorithms to decide how much things cost? What exactly is the deal with Bitcoin, and how are bros using it to profit from the hurricane in Puerto Rico? In our episode on Money we also chat about the "illusion" that is designer clothes, the theatre of branding, and the brilliant economic theory found in Terry Pratchett's Discworld books.
References
Spare change is dying, and the UK's homeless people are worried, Phoebe Braithwaite
Bitcoin rich kids in Puerto Rico: crypto utopia or crypto-colonialism? Larisa Yarovaya and Brian Lucey
Inside the bluster and lies of Petro, Venezuela's cryptocurrency scam, Katia Moskvitch
When algorithms set prices: winners and losers, Oxera (pdf)
When discrimination is baked into algorithims, Lauren Kirchner
How the internet keeps poor people in poor neighborhoods, Alvin Chang
Home Office suspends immigration checks on UK bank accounts, Jamie Grierson
Bank of America freezing accounts of suspected undocumented immigrants: report, Aris Folley
Uber, Lyft give refunds for surge pricing after Port Authority bombing, Nicolas Vega
The Tyranny of Convenience, Tim Wu
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