Questioning Money

Hi All,

Today’s newsletter issue is about the history of money. While the history of money is both lengthy and complicated, it’s still useful to have a basic understanding of how money developed and progressed throughout history.

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Sean

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Hi All,

Today’s newsletter issue talks about printing money. As talks about the sizes of the COVID-19 stimulus packages continue, it is becoming increasingly common to wonder why we can’t print as much money as we want - either to fund stimulus or to accomplish other policy goals. The reason why is because printing more money doesn’t actually buy more things. That idea can be hard to wrap your head around. Let’s talk about it.

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Sean

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Hi All,

Today’s newsletter issue discusses how money drives inequality. The growth in inequality over the last 50 years has been driven by certain characteristics of how our system of money functions. These characteristics are inherent to the system and can’t simply be legislated away. In order to fix the growing gap between the top and the bottom, we need to understand why the gap is growing to begin with. And that starts with the money.

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Sean

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Hi,

Welcome to the first issue of Questioning Money - an audio newsletter that takes a closer look into how money works and how systems of money affect the world around us, often in ways we don’t realize.

This first issue provides a backdrop for why I am making this newsletter and lets you know what you can expect from Questioning Money on a weekly basis.

If you like the newsletter - please subscribe. You can also follow me on Twitter @seancover.

Thanks for listening!

Sean

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This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit questioningmoney.substack.com

Hi,

Welcome to Questioning Money.

This issue discusses what money actually is and how our current system of money works. I cover what functions a form of money is supposed to fill, before detailing the process in which new money is created in our modern system. It’s important to have this base understanding of how money works before we can discuss in future newsletters the effects that our system of money has on our society.

If you like the newsletter - please subscribe. You can also follow me on Twitter @seancover.

Thanks for listening!

Sean

https://twitter.com/seancover

This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit questioningmoney.substack.com