With the UN General Assembly gathering in New York City this week, “Green” is receiving lots of attention (and it should). And, while global warming is an important issue, the “green” I’m referring to ...

In a recent post, I shared some thoughts regarding how parents can communicate with each other when it comes to financial decisions during the stage of family life when young adult children are ...

Money as a concept has been a cornerstone of human civilization and economic development. To start with the latter, money is a method of storing value and worth, and it also functions as a medium of ...

Now here is a book. It instructs and provokes and entertains. Even its mistakes are worthwhile. The secret of “The History of Money” is in the subtitle: “a story of humanity.” For David McWilliams, an ...

Definition: Fiat currency is a form of money or tender not backed by a tangible asset or commodity like gold or silver. It’s usually mandated by governments, but this isn’t always the case. The ...

Gold, silver, bronze or paper: money tells the story of 2,700 years of human history. An essential tool for trade and a symbol of power, it fuelled the expansion of empires and changed the course of ...

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.

Time to show your economic history skills based on what we’ve covered in Planet Money Summer School 2024: An Incomplete Economic History of the World. Make it through the quiz, and receive a — and we ...

Bitcoin (BTC) was the first digital currency and remains the most valuable and widely recognized digital asset today. Conceptually existing for over 40 years, Bitcoin made it a reality in 2009, and ...

Cryptocurrency is a revolution, but maybe it’s not the revolution you imagined. That’s because more than anything, crypto is a revolution in accounting. While most people might not think much about ...