How to end boom and bust: make cash illegal
Comment: Forcing everyone to spend only by electronic means from an
account held at a government-run bank would give the authorities far better
tools to deal with recessions and economic booms, writes Jim Leaviss
Gordon Brown promised to 'end boom and
bust' but a cashless world would have given him far more chance to
achieve it, academics suggest Photo: Getty Images
bust' but a cashless world would have given him far more chance to
achieve it, academics suggest Photo: Getty Images
