What Money Should Look (and Feel) Like

Perhaps unaware of the criteria for the most functional currency, Nigeria’s new money designers might not have solved its old problems.

Why Justin Bieber Cares About Catalog Shopping

Celebrities like Juston Bieber have monetized future income very differently from government’s monetization policies.

What Happens When You Have No Cash?

When its larger denomination bills suddenly became worthless in 2016, India’s demonetization became a case study about the role of money.

Where Bitcoin Has Another Problem

Adopting bitcoin during September 2021, El Salvador’s political leadership did not know all that could go wrong…and it did.

A Bitcoin Story With The Right Incentives and the Wrong Results

Trying to encourage bitcoin use, El Salvador had all the right incentives but still wound up with unintended consequences.

What Our Money Says About Us

When Harriet Tubman becomes the face of the $20 instead of Andrew Jackson, she will show what money can say.

Why We Should Try Not To Expect Inflation

Whether looking at 2022 or 1979, we would see that our inflation expectations can become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The Mystery of the Shrinking Pretzel Packages

We have a mystery when we see that corporations are shrinking packages while their CEOs’ inflation expectations are uninformed.

Why Zimbabwe Laundered Money

With a renewed need to launder tattered U.S.dollar bills, we have the return of Zimbabwe inflation and their problematic monetary policy.

Where September 7th Is Bitcoin Day

By adopting Bitcoin as legal tender, El Salvador will be the first nation to say that the cryptocurrency is a national currency.