The paradox of going contactless is that we're more in love with cash than ever
- Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Ann Kosolapova/ShutterstockCOVID has changed you, right? You use less cash, perhaps a lot less.
In the first two months of the pandemic, cash withdrawals from automatic teller machines halved. Even now they are down 20%.
So little-used were the main notes traditionally used for small transactions – $5 and $10 notes – that authorities stop...
