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The Economic Lowdown

volume 1, episode 9 (8:38)

Functions of Money

Transcript

Money has taken many forms through the ages: shells, wheels, beads and even cows. All forms, though, have always had three things in common. Find out what in this eight-minute podcast. You will also learn how commodity money differs from representative money and how both differ from today's fiat money..