{"id":45997,"date":"2025-01-25T01:48:53","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T01:48:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/anthropology\/paid-tales-of-dongles-checks-and-other-money-stuff\/"},"modified":"2025-01-25T01:48:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T01:48:53","slug":"paid-tales-of-dongles-checks-and-other-money-stuff","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=45997","title":{"rendered":"Paid: Tales of Dongles, Checks, and Other Money Stuff"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Hot off the press! <em>Paid: Tales of Dongles, Checks, and Other Money Stuff <\/em>just came out on MIT Press. I have a piece on dirty dollars as art and trash included in the volume, edited by\u00a0Bill Maurer and Lana Swartz, alongside essays by David Graeber, Keith Hart, Taylor Nelms, Jane Guyer, Bruce Sterling, and others. 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