Money Illusions
The Day Money Broke: 5,000 Years of a Promise
Barter never happened. The first money was a debt pressed into clay 2,500 years before the first coin — and every kind of money since has been a promise someone could break.
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Money Illusions
Money is a promise, and the promise has been stretched further than almost anyone realises. Sourced history of the thing in your pocket that is mostly not there.
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