Jacob Goldstein

co-host of NPR’s Planet Money podcast and author of “Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing”

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Money isn’t real, but it’s a “useful fiction” that works because people agree to believe in it.

Paper money, the gold standard, Bitcoin: How money keeps changing

Money isn’t real, but it’s a “useful fiction” that works because people agree to believe in it.

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