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The history of money

The evolution from barter through commodity money to fiat systems reveals that money is fundamentally a social technology for deferring and exchanging value, not a natural thing. Understanding this history clarifies that how we use money reflects choices we've made about fairness and obligation, which means we can choose differently.

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