A (Not Quite) Complete History of Money, Feat. Planet Money’s Jacob Goldstein

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Jacob Goldstein is one of the hosts of NPR’s Planet Money. He is also the author of the new book, “</span><a href="https://t.co/awjJCM8f14?amp=1"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">Money: A True Story of a Made Up Thing</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">.” </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">In this conversation, he and NLW discuss:</span></p> <ul> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How China invented paper money and then forgot about it for centuries</span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Why the invention of the lightbulb was a pivotal money history moment </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">How money market funds set the stage for the Great Financial Crisis </span></li> <li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Where bitcoin fits in the world that comes next: without cash, without banks and with government printing</span></li> </ul> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Find our guest online:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Twitter:</span> <a href= "https://twitter.com/jacobgoldstein"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">twitter.com/jacobgoldstein</span></a></p>