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History
This is a subset of
my collection of passages and charts
found in books and articles I read on a daily basis.
This subset is focused on the
History
topic.
Social currencies, extremely important, yet unrelated to trade, predate market currencies and coinage
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The original meaning of "Please" and "Thank you"
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In ancient times, anything could function as money
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Possibly, debt and money are concepts that emerged from religion
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Where the terms "stock" and "stock holder" come from
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How credit money came about according to Credit Theory
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According to Credit Theory, money was just an abstract unit to measure debt
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Sumerians used silver as money to calculate debt but didn't expect to be paid in silver
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Credit systems preceded the invention of coinage by thousands of years
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Barter is not an ancient phenomenon at all
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