January 23rd, 2011
What is money? See this giant stone/wheel looking object? The people of a pre-industrial society on the island of Yap used it as currency. When they transferred its ownership, they usually didn’t even move the thing. Learn how currency - in theory - hasn’t really changed all that much, as the This American Life crew address the “stoner-ish question”: What is money?

What is money?

See this giant stone/wheel looking object? The people of a pre-industrial society on the island of Yap used it as currency. When they transferred its ownership, they usually didn’t even move the thing. Learn how currency - in theory - hasn’t really changed all that much, as the This American Life crew address the “stoner-ish question”: What is money?

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