Dear Colleagues,

SUERF - The European Money and Finance Forum - has the pleasure of inviting you to the “Cash on Trial” Conference, on Thursday, 5 November 2015 in Zurich, Switzerland.

Motivation:
Over millennia, mankind has used hard cash in various forms ranging from shells to gold coins and paper. More recently, cash has become unpopular in political circles, as it effectively restricts states’ power to tax (explicitly or via negative interest rates) or to survey and potentially control their citizens.

Several states have enacted restrictions to the use of hard cash.  Above all, a strong new competitor to cash has arisen in the form of various electronic means of payment. Are we heading towards a society in which “coined freedom” (Dostojewski) will cease to exist?

Confirmed Speakers: Peter Sloterdijk, William H. Buiter, Friedrich Schneider, Jean-Charles Rochet, Aleksander Berentsen, David Llewellyn, Harry Leinonen, Malte Krüger, Nicole Jonker, Nikos Passas, Paolo Tasca.

Online conference registration -  is available at www.suerf.org/zurich 2015.

Best regards,
Ernest Gnan

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