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A (Not Quite) Complete History of Money, Feat. Planet Money’s Jacob Goldstein
One of the hosts of NPR’s legendary “Planet Money” takes us on a whirlwind tour of some of the key moments of money history in the last 1,000 years.
Updated Sep 14, 2021, 10:27 a.m. Published Nov 3, 2020, 8:00 p.m.
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One of the hosts of NPR’s legendary “Planet Money” takes us on a whirlwind tour of some of the key moments of money history in the last 1,000 years.
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Jacob Goldstein is one of the hosts of NPR’s Planet Money. He is also the author of the new book, “Money: A True Story of a Made Up Thing.”
In this conversation, Jacob and NLW discuss:
- How China invented paper money and then forgot about it for centuries
- Why the invention of the lightbulb was a pivotal money history moment
- How money market funds set the stage for the Great Financial Crisis
- Where bitcoin fits in the world that comes next: without cash, without banks and with government printing
Find Jacob Goldstein online:
Twitter: twitter.com/jacobgoldstein
See also: Cathie Wood: Secrets of the World’s Best Innovation Investor
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