From Bright Lights, No City by Max Alexander, a great tale about selling rechargeable batteries in Ghana. What do we call negative interest in the developed world? |
“We are all agreed that your theory is crazy. The question which divides us is whether it is crazy enough to have a chance of being correct. My own feeling is that it is not crazy enough.” ― Niels Bohr
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Banking in the Developing World?
"...Burro was functioning as a rudimentary bank for agents with no other savings account. The company did not pay interest but did not charge any fees - unlike the informal local savings banks known as susus, which charged customers for the service of saving their money. In the developing world, this is called negative interest."