Sweden’s cashless society dream isn’t all it’s cracked up to be
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Just one per cent of Sweden’s GDP circulates as cash. As debates over the need for cash rage along lines of age, wealth and location, the country is looking to create a digital currency In Sweden’s collective memory, the 2009 Västberga helicopter robbery was a national assault ; an audacious heist better suited to the big screen than a grey industrial district in south-west Stockholm. It was just after 5am when a stolen helicopter landed on the roof of a fully-stocked cash depot belonging to (...)