We finish our exploration of money by answering a simple but puzzling question: if money is just one thing, why does it show up as paper notes, plastic cards, and numbers on a screen? Many people feel modern money has become invisible. This confusion comes from mixing up the idea of money with the ways … Read more
How Money Moves — What Happens After You Spend Money Money doesn’t vanish when you hand it over. It travels, changing hands and purposes, connecting people, businesses, banks, and governments. Yet many people use money daily without thinking about where it goes next. From what I’ve seen, confusion about “money flow” often comes from imagining … Read more
We all use money, but what is it? If someone handed you a note and asked, “What is this?” you might say, “It’s money,” and move on. Most of us use money every day without thinking much about what it actually is. I’ve noticed that confusion usually starts when someone asks you to explain why … Read more
Money touches your life every day. If you’ve ever watched someone hand over cash at a market, paid for streaming with a credit card, or sent money to a friend on a phone app, you’ve seen money in action. Money is everywhere, yet many of us use it without really knowing what it is. I’ve … Read more