What is money? Textbooks call it a medium of exchange and a store of value. Both are true — but money is also a time travel device. Borrowing brings future income into the present. Investing and savin…
Money is emotional, and rarely talked about candidly — which is a recipe for disaster. Borrowing from the sex-positivity frame: who cares what's "normal"? If someone's spending gives them pleasure, do…
My kids pulled out the Monopoly board recently and it struck me how narrow a view of commerce the game offers — buy property, collect rent, hope for capital gains, win by impoverishing everyone else.…