The Surprisingly Undramatic Evolution of Money
For as long as people have lived together, they have traded things. A fish for a net. A chicken for some cloth. A promise for peace. Before…
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Invest Like You Care: A Beginner’s Guide to Looking Virtuous
It all started with an ad that popped up while I was reading an article about how the ultra-wealthy plan to survive climate change. I was halfway…
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Helen’s Razor and the Tragedy of Idiotic Choices
I feel like there is a certain comfort in believing in malevolence. To think that some cabal of conniving overlords is plotting the slow erosion of our…
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When Walmart Mints Its Own Money
The phrase “too big to fail” once applied only to banks. Now, it may apply to retailers. When a company like Amazon or Walmart considers issuing its…
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Confession: I Might Be a Gold-Digger (Just Not for Money)
There was a time when I thought gold-digging was a simple, well-defined sport, like tennis or synchronized swimming. You could spot the players easily: usually a young…
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Why Human Society Needs Money to Function—and Ants Don’t
Step outside on a spring afternoon and crouch beside a crack in the sidewalk. Watch long enough and you’ll witness a miracle of coordination; an ant colony…
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The Creature from Jekyll Island; by G. Edward Griffin – a review
There are books that enter the public square with a quiet nudge, and there are books that kick the door wide open. G. Edward Griffin’s The Creature…
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How Reviving an Island Tradition Could Make Neighborhoods Strong Again
A Modern Kula Ring for Communities When I first heard about the Kula Ring, it sounded like the sort of invention that would only make sense if…
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Why The Currency of the Future is Trust
There was a time when the answer to nearly every human problem was money. Need a roof? Pay someone. Need food? Pay someone. Need to feel less…
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Say What You Mean, Mean What You Say, Then Follow Through
I think that most of life’s disappointments can be traced back to someone saying one thing, meaning another, and doing precisely nothing. Maybe a friend promises to…