Money: What Is It? The More Important Question: Why Is It?

Tags: Economic Freedom, Money and Banks

05/21/2022 Manuel Tacanho

Most people—and especially most economists—not only are ignorant of what money actually is, but how and why it became part of our economy in the first place.

Original Article: “Money: What Is It? The More Important Question: Why Is It?”

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