Money

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Crypto Is (and Isn’t) Money
There is an overemphasis on crypto's use as a store-of-value, Cosmos co-founder Ethan Buchman argues.
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Reinvent Money to Reward Virtue
Bitcoin wrested control of money from the state. Ethereum and other technologies will return it to the heterogeneous communities that dot the globe, write Matthew Prewitt and...
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A (Not Quite) Complete History of Money, Feat. Planet Money’s Jacob Goldstein
One of the hosts of NPR’s legendary “Planet Money” takes us on a whirlwind tour of some of the key moments of money history in the last 1,000 years.
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Bitcoin Only Matters Because the Game Is Rigged
The reason bitcoin is likely to be important to the future isn't about the technology, it's about the modern world where money is abused for the benefit of the few and to the...
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Empires are able to print their own money until trust in the currency falls, says Sokolin. (Credit: Shutterstock)
The American Empire Is in Decline. Time for a New Economic System
From debt to inequality, the U.S. economy looks like a 1930s disaster waiting to happen. No wonder gold-bugs and Bitcoiners are feeling vindicated.
Empires are able to print their own money until trust in the currency falls, says Sokolin. (Credit: Shutterstock)

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Why Money Is Losing Its Meaning, Feat. Jared Dillian
As government work to stimulate economies on lockdown, even "normies" are starting question limitless money printing.
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