Tax Attorney and Financial Advisor
Alyssa K. Silver
Tax Attorney and Financial Advisor
Alyssa K. Silver specializes in tax law and financial planning, focusing on how legislation affects individual rights and business interests.
Global Business / Economy
Is the War on Cash a Government Convenience Play — or a Genuine Threat to Financial Privacy That Nobody Is Taking Seriously Enough?Cash transactions have fallen to just 20% of payments in some countries — and governments are nudging that number lower. Catherine O'Neil, Mark Zandi, and Alyssa Silver debate whether the war on cash is a sensible modernization of the financial system or a quiet erosion of the financial privacy that nobody is taking seriously enough.