David McWilliams (on the history of money)

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David McWilliams, economist and author of 'The History of Money,' explains money as communication and technology enabling complex societies built on trust
Discussion of how fire invention helps understand money, personal impact of father being failed by economic system, and realization that no one controls the economy
McWilliams argues money technology served as alternative to war and money's weirdness stems from human weirdness