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Money isnât actually valuable. Itâs just pieces of metal, pieces of paper, or more recently, computer code. So how did money come to be such a driving force of modern life?
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Edited By: Linda Huang and Mike Petrow
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Works Cited
thebalance.com/what-is-the-history-of-the-gold-standard-3306136
gold-standard.procon.org/sourcefiles/crs-brief-history-of-gold-standard-in-us.pdf
http://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-us-gold-standard-2015-12
gold.org/about-gold/history-of-gold/gold-as-money/history-of-gold-back-to-1600/the-rise-of-the-gold-standard
nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/08/02/should-central-banks-buy-gold/why-gold-came-to-be-a-currency
On the History of Money:
Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism Ha Joon Chang
Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World Niall Ferguson
history.com/news/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-money
bbc.com/news/business-40189959
http://www.businessinsider.com/security-of-fort-knox-2011-7#its-said-the-turrets-built-into-the-fortress-were-designed-to-handle-the-premier-weapon-of-the-day-the-thompson-submachine-gun-2
britannica.com/topic/credit-card
http://www.slate.com/human-interest/2018/06/danny-and-nicole-discuss-a-letter-about-a-family-member-who-downloaded-child-porn.html
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0175527
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Money isnât actually valuable. Itâs just pieces of metal, pieces of paper, or more recently, computer code. So how did money come to be such a driving force of modern life?
Written and Hosted By: Danielle Bainbridge
Graphics By: Noelle Smith
Edited By: Linda Huang and Mike Petrow
Fact Check: Sarah Edwards
Produced By: Kornhaber Brown (www.kornhaberbrown.com)
Help Us with the PBS Digital Survey:
to.pbs.org/2018YTSurvey
Watch the Two Cents Episode on bitcoin here:
facebook.com/TwoCentsPBS/videos/1181286988680506
Works Cited
thebalance.com/what-is-the-history-of-the-gold-standard-3306136
gold-standard.procon.org/sourcefiles/crs-brief-history-of-gold-standard-in-us.pdf
http://www.businessinsider.com/history-of-us-gold-standard-2015-12
gold.org/about-gold/history-of-gold/gold-as-money/history-of-gold-back-to-1600/the-rise-of-the-gold-standard
nytimes.com/roomfordebate/2011/08/02/should-central-banks-buy-gold/why-gold-came-to-be-a-currency
On the History of Money:
Bad Samaritans: The Myth of Free Trade and the Secret History of Capitalism Ha Joon Chang
Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World Niall Ferguson
history.com/news/8-things-you-may-not-know-about-money
bbc.com/news/business-40189959
http://www.businessinsider.com/security-of-fort-knox-2011-7#its-said-the-turrets-built-into-the-fortress-were-designed-to-handle-the-premier-weapon-of-the-day-the-thompson-submachine-gun-2
britannica.com/topic/credit-card
http://www.slate.com/human-interest/2018/06/danny-and-nicole-discuss-a-letter-about-a-family-member-who-downloaded-child-porn.html
http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0175527
