This is our new renovated blog. Due to the need for technological updates, the IMTFI Blog has made a platform switch to WordPress. Blogposts from 2011-2022 are still available above right at the Posts Archive link, all current subscribers have
CIESAS International Seminar on the Anthropology of Money and Economics (SIADE) and The Institute for Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion (IMTFI) November 19, 2025Wednesday, 11:00am GMT-6, Guadalajara[Recording in Spanish with English subtitles. Within YouTube: Go to Settings -> Subtitles ->
Bill Maurer, anthropology, law and IMTFI, dives into the history of cash in this piece with Business Insider (video) Japan has long harvested a shrub called mitsumata for its money supply. But when the shrub started dying out, Japan searched
Photo caption: Colonel Roosevelt and his Rough Riders at the top of the hill which they captured, Battle of San Juan (William Dinwiddie / Library of Congress) Bill Maurer, anthropology, in StateScoop, Oct. 9, 2025 After more than a century
CIESAS International Seminar on the Anthropology of Money and Economics (SIADE) and The Institute for Money, Technology & Financial Inclusion (IMTFI) present: Panel Discussion on the Dossier “Social Devices and Room for Maneuver in Money Management” from the Colombian Journal
Bill Maurer, anthropology, American Banker, Oct. 6, 2025 When the Trump administration called for the end of penny production earlier this year, experts were confident that the decision would have little short-term impact. Now banks and retailers say a penny
American Women Quarters Program: Vera RubinTuesday, October 2110:00-11:00 a.m. (PDT) | In-Person and ZoomSocial & Behavioral Sciences Gateway, Room 1517University of California, Irvine RSVP: https://uci.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_g4MVFcI7SN2DAev8Wp2L3QIn-person space is limited. Registration is required to attend. Due to venue limitations, the maximum capacity
Dear IMTFI Community, We were all deeply saddened by the untimely passing of our colleague and friend, Jane Guyer, earlier this year. The journal, HAU, has just published a symposium of reflections and remembrances, highlighting the importance of her work
Bill Maurer, anthropology and IMTFI, Cointelegraph – The Clear Crypto Podcast, June 5, 2025 (Podcast + transcript) What’s money, really, and how does blockchain redefine it? Our co-hosts Nathan and Adrian dive deep with [UC Irvine] Professor Bill Maurer, a
US to stop making pennies — here’s what it means for banksBill Maurer, anthropology, American Banker, June 11, 2025If, over time, pennies become so rare that retailers stop using them, UC Irvine’s [dean of Social Sciences Bill] Maurer worries that
Bill Maurer and Jenny Fan, anthropology and IMTFI, The Orange County Register, Los Angeles Daily News, June 4, 2025 Bill Maurer, dean of the School of Social Sciences at UC Irvine, says removing the penny will harm those who don’t
