'A brilliant fascinating and utterly accessible book... If you want to understand what money
is - and what it is in danger of becoming - start right here' KATE RAWORTH author of Doughnut
Economics Many of us rarely use cash these days. And the reach of corporations into our lives
via cards and apps has never been greater. But what we're told is natural and inevitable is
actually the work of powerful interests: the great battle of our time is for ownership of the
digital footprints that make up our lives. Who benefits from a cashless society and who gets
left behind? Is the end of cash the end of true privacy? And is a cashless future closer than
we think? Cloudmoney tells a revelatory story about the fusion of big finance and tech which
requires physical cash to be replaced by digital money or 'cloudmoney'. Diving beneath the
surface of the global financial system Brett Scott uncovers a long-established lobbying
infrastructure waging a covert war on cash as banking and tech companies promote a cashless
society under the banner of progress. From marketing strategies against cash to the
weaponization of Covid-19 to advance fintech platforms and the cryptocurrency rebels and
fringe groups pushing back Cloudmoney takes us to the frontlines of a war for our wallets that
is also about our freedom. 'A wonderfully revolutionary text' - YANIS VAROUFAKIS
