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Calla's Corner

When Cash Was King

by Calla Jones Corner

Jun 24, 2024
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Can we honestly do without cash?

I’ve been reflecting on all the ways cash has been replaced and may soon become obsolete.

It was the local boulanger here in my French village that got me thinking; the bakery has installed a machine into which one puts in euro bills – any change comes out in another machine. The vendeuse need never touch your money. Prett…

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