History of money
Recently, more and more attention has been paid to money: how much your partner should earn, what your monthly living expenses are, how much a tank costs. However, no one thinks about where money comes from. Who regulates its value? Why are we so eager to have many pieces of paper and see a bigger number on the phone screen? To answer these questions, we need to understand the evolution of money. What steps has it taken, how did the idea of buying goods with pieces of paper come about, and what will replace credit cards?
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Recently, more and more attention has been paid to money: how much your partner should earn, what your monthly living expenses are, how much a tank costs. However, no one thinks about where money comes from. Who regulates its value? Why are we so eager to have many pieces of paper and see a bigger number on the phone screen? To answer these questions, we need to understand the evolution of money. What steps has it taken, how did the idea of buying goods with pieces of paper come about, and what will replace credit cards?
Main topics
- what is barter
- what are the types of commodity money
- secrets of the NBU logo
- the appearance of cash
- bank cards as the main method of financial transactions
- Is cryptocurrency the currency of the future?