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弃用现金,实属不智 Can we do without cash ？ Since 2015， digital payments in the UK have outnumbered those in cash ， and we are invited by the great and the good1 to cheer this on. The fully cashless era will be magnificently convenient ， they say ， with goods delivered directly to the door ： no fumbling for change ，2 just tap and go. Some London branches of several chains don’t accept cash any more. Many others fast-track3 customers who can pay by contactless means. Businesses and banks want to abolish cash because they have nearpathological4 fears of the black market and tax avoidance. Yet we should w