Money doesn't talk.

• Author: Doherty, Brian
• Position: Briefly Noted - Brief article - Book review

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In The End of Money: Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers--and the Coming Cashless Society (Da Capo), Wired reporter David Wolman offers breezy profiles of various figures on the frontiers of our world's complicated relationship with physical money.

One chapter stars libertarian metal "round" manufacturer Bernard yon NotHaus, who uses that term instead of coin as a defense against federal counterfeiting charges (which he nevertheless faces). While Von NotHaus is an idealist, Wolman wants to eliminate physical money for the sake of efficiency. He therefore does not give enough attention to...