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What would happen if cash became obsolete?

If all purchases had to be digital, the side effects “would be terrible,” says Social Sciences Dean Bill Maurer. For starters, non-cash payments require a person to have a bank account. If paper money goes away, the mostly poor people who don’t use banks “are stuck with no way to pay,” he explains. Privacy and security are also at risk, he notes: “When I hand you a $20 bill, there is no data captured by anybody from that transaction.” But with electronic purchases, governments could use digital trails to surveil a population and even prevent people from making transactions that aren’t government-approved, Maurer says.

UCI experts featured at kids’ mental health forum for parents

Digital Tools for Student Engagement: Rethinking Assessment Via Annotation
Monday, 10:30 a.m. (sponsored by Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation)

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Alumna directs new ‘Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret’ film

Author Judy Blume (second from left) has largely resisted requests to turn her books into films. But she made an exception after receiving a letter from UCI alumna Kelly Fremon Craig (center), a screenwriter who previously directed and wrote “The Edge of Seventeen.” In a Q&A with The Orange County Register, Craig talks about the letter and her new film, “Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret,” which stars Kathy Bates (far left), Abby Ryder Fortson (second from right) and Rachel McAdams (right).

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