Money is simply a paper IOU (and not really even paper) that is only as valuable as the faith you put in the promise. And usually not even paper – only about 5% of the world's money is in physical form. The rest are simply electrons floating around in some cyber cloud. So what is money and how does it work?

What are some of the alternatives to traditional money systems. Are we in the process of moving from country-based money to technology-based money?

Can you live comfortably in an economy that is not rooted in the concept of money?

And what happens when the money-based economy stumbles or crumbles?