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Which country introduced paper money to the world?

In the modern world, it would be almost impossible to function without having some sort of paper currency. Paper money originated as a new form of economy and was first developed by a Chinese emperor ...
The Conversation

History is full of failed attempts to establish new currencies. So what makes crypto different?

The confusion and commotion over cryptocurrency often reminds me of the 19th-century German drama Faust. In Goethe’s masterpiece, the devil Mephistopheles offers an emperor the tantalising vision of ...
The New York Times

Making Sense of Dollars and Cents

Learned, lively and often irreverent, David McWilliams’s “The History of Money” is rich with surprising details about currency, then and now. By Alexandra Jacobs When you purchase an independently ...