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Paper, Rocks or Digits: What Makes the Best Money?

2020/9/30
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Money For the Rest of Us

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What are the elements of a successful monetary system.

Topics covered include:

  • The stone currency of Yap
  • The fiat currency of ancient China
  • Why money requires trust, accounting and tokens
  • Why too much money can lead to inflation and too little to deflation
  • Why the best money is useless other than as money

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