I am a big fan of coinsplainers like Andreas Antonopoulos. Listening to Andreas explain how bitcoin works is a great learning opportuni...

Cartoon from 1864 poking fun at politicians and greenbacks ( source and explanation ) During the greenback era, the Union government is...

Michigan Central Railroad 3.5% Bearer Bond with attached coupons, 1902 David Glasner is frustrated that there is no satisfactory theor...

While it somewhat lacked in structure, a good time was had by everyone in the live chat section of the big Warren Mosler vs Bob Murphy debat...

One of the world's newest monies has been born. A cryptocurrency (these seem to be coming out every week), our new unit goes by the c...

A few weeks ago, David Beckworth egged me on to write about Somalian currency. I can't resist—it's a fascinating subject. The ma...

I've been playing the game of Settlers of Catan for ages. Over time I've gotten less cutthroat and more philosophical about...

Rai at the Bank of Canada - part of Canada's foreign reserves As I pointed out in my previous post , all sorts of economists have i...

There is a century's old debate between metallists and chartalists on the origin of money. The metallist view is that the first spar...

While chartalism is usually associated with the state and its ability to tax, there's no reason that this must be so. In fact, I like ...

In the name of monetary experimentation I bought some bitcoins a while back and have been watching them fluctuate in value. Bitcoin is a di...