Bill Maurer 
Bill Maurer is dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Social Sciences, a professor of anthropology and director of the campus’s Institute for Money, Technology and Financial Inclusion.
He’s published on topics ranging from offshore financial services to mobile phone-enabled money transfers, Islamic finance, alternative currencies, blockchain/distributed ledger systems, and the future of money. As an anthropologist, he’s interested in the broad range of technologies people have used throughout history and across cultures to figure value and conduct transactions.
He’s published on topics ranging from offshore financial services to mobile phone-enabled money transfers, Islamic finance, alternative currencies, blockchain/distributed ledger systems, and the future of money. As an anthropologist, he’s interested in the broad range of technologies people have used throughout history and across cultures to figure value and conduct transactions.
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Bill Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss whether governments will intervene when private entities attempt to create and distribute their own crypto-currency.
Bill Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the advent of crypto-currency in our lives, and how long before, and why the government would issue a federally-backed crypto-currency.
Bill Maurer joins Jim Blasingame to explain the difference between digital currency and crypto-currency, and the different applications and implications of each.
