Cash, Corruption and Economic Development

This book examines the causes of corruption and crime and highlights the cause of comfort to all those who accept bribes and kickbacks. The comfort is paper currency because it does not leave a signature of its movement from one entity to the other. Today, with the technology available, we can make the transition to a paper currency free economy, which will help stop corruption and crime and will give a boost to economic development.This book analyses the cause of corruption and presents a model to replace the present model, a model to be implemented by the central bank of the country which is making the transition and followed by the banks operating within that jurisdiction.

Have you ever asked yourself what gives comfort to someone who demands and accepts a bribe, sells drugs or commits professional crimes for money? The majority of these people are not wealthy, and they accept small amounts of money every day from their victims.

Cash, Corruption and Economic Development examines the causes of corruption and crime and highlights what brings comfort to all those who accept bribes and kickbacks, arguing that it is paper currency because it does not leave a signature of its movement from one entity to another. The author proposes that today, with the technology available, we can make the transition to a paper currency-free economy, which will help reduce corruption and crime and give a boost to economic development. The book analyses the causes of corruption and presents a replacement for the current model, to be implemented by a central bank and followed by banks operating within its jurisdiction.

This book will be of interest to economists, students of economics and finance, and all those who have suffered as a result of corruption and professional crime and want these practices to end.