Is It Real Money or Just Artifice?

04/05/2023 Misty Peñuelas

Money proper is not artifice. It is a physical “thing” of value, acquired through labor and emerging out of the needs of individuals, who through voluntary exchanges determine its value.

Original Article: “Is It Real Money or Just Artifice?”

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