meaning of money
Money and Banking
Where Money Is Not What We Expect It To Be

Asked about the meaning of money, we might be surprised to see a circular chunk of limestone compared to a U.S. dollar bill.

economic news roundup and cash transfers
Money and Banking
Is it Okay to Go Cashless During a Pandemic?

While cities, states, and countries have many more cashless transactions because of the pandemic, there is a downside.

economic news roundup and cash transfers
Money and Banking
When It’s Legal to Launder Our Money

Worried about contaminated currency, monetary officials have quarantined cash and limited its circulation during epidemics.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and human side of money
Money and Banking
The Human Side of Money

Economic anthropologists focus on the human side of money when they see us now and in the past, as individuals, as families, and as one world.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and India's demonetization
Monetary Policy
When Does Cash Matter?

Looking at the economic impact of India’s 2016 demonetization of large denomination rupees, researchers concluded that cash still matters.

Weekly economic News Roundup and $100 bills
Money and Banking
The Cash We Love to Stash

Although going cashless seems to be a trend, we are printing more $100 bills for people in the U.S.and elsewhere in the world.

Weekly economic News Roundup and $100 bills
Money and Banking
What Money Should Look Like

Using color, size and content, better banknote currency design would make our dollar bills more functional and meaningful.

Weekly economic news roundup and calling bitcoin a currency
What's Trending
Why Bitcoin Is Not Money

By spending bitcoin, we see the multiple reasons that calling it a cryptocurrency can be misleading because it is not money.

Weekly Economic News Roundup and employee pay
Economic History
Why the Secret Service Monitors Fake Movie Money

When Rush Hour 2 needed many millions in 100 dollar bills, Independent Studio Services (ISS) sent them 14 pallet loads of 4′ x 4′ cubes of fake money. During the filming, the Secret Service showed up, issued a cease and…

Zimbabwe currency
Money and Banking
The Money That People Won’t Spend

Swinging from hyperinflation to deflation, the value of Zimbabwe currency has created uncertainty for more than a decade.

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