128. Money - The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
Preconceived
English - October 12, 2021 05:00 - 47 minutes - 52.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsSociety & Culture critical thinking cultural phenomena societal norms scientific breakthroughs debunking myths confronting biases human experience thought leadership expert insights questioning assumptions Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Money did not always exist in its current form. There was a time when goods and services were just exchanged for one another, without actual coins or cash changing hands. The preconception is that our current monetary system, the status quo, makes complete sense. But as millennia of history have proven to us, money is very complex, and there is a lot at stake. Jacob Goldstein, host of the popular NPR podcast, Planet Money, joins the podcast. Jacob Goldstein's book - "Money - The True Story of a Made-Up Thing"https://www.amazon.ca/dp/B083J1BPNC/ref=dp-kindle-redirect?_encoding=UTF8&btkr=1Follow Jacob on Twitter @jacobgoldstein
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