Plastic Sovereigns: How the Humble Credit Card Became the World’s Most Powerful Passport
Plastic Sovereigns: How a Sliver of Laminated Debt Conquered the Planet By Our Correspondent Who Still Owes Dinner in Three Currencies In the predawn gloom of a São Paulo favela and the fluorescent glare of a Stockholm co-working space, the same ritual unfolds: a thumb hovers, a chip meets a reader, and a tiny electronic…