Who really pays for digital finance?
Sociologist Barbara Brandl on how credit cards redistribute wealth upward, why fintech innovation is happening outside the West, and the surprising case for cash.
Barbara Brandl
Barbara Brandl is a professor of sociology at the Goethe University Frankfurt in Germany. Her research focuses on the intersection of political economy and technological developments, particularly on innovations in digital finance. She studied sociology, economics and political sciences at the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich and at Maastricht University in the Netherlands.