
What I Noticed About Money
I was paying for coffee the other day and handed over a twenty-dollar note. The barista took it without question, rang it up, gave me change.…

I was paying for coffee the other day and handed over a twenty-dollar note. The barista took it without question, rang it up, gave me change.…

After writing about what money actually is—or isn’t—a mate asked me the obvious follow-up question: “Okay, so who creates the money then?” Fair question. And the…

I was going through some old Australian coins the other day—pre-decimal shillings and florins from my grandfather’s collection. Heavy. Solid. Real silver. Then I grabbed a…

“Bitcoin? That’s just internet money for criminals and speculators.” I said basically that for years. Sounded ridiculous. Fake digital coins with no backing? Please. Then I…