Founder, O'Neil Data Consulting
Catherine O'Neil
Founder, O'Neil Data Consulting
Catherine O'Neil combines her expertise in data privacy and financial systems to advocate for consumer rights in the digital age.
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.