And history shows us that we should be wary of the idea that ... There were failed experiments with paper money in 14th-century China, 17th-century Sweden and 18th-century France, to mention just a ...

Thomas Paine goes after what he saw as one of the greatest scams in history: governments claiming that paper is money.

The history of money -- Western Europe -- Eastern Europe -- East Asia -- Indian Subcontinent and Southeast Asia -- Islamic world -- Sub-Saharan Africa -- South America -- North American -- Australia ...

When most of us think about the history of money, we imagine a simple timeline: people bartered goods, then invented coins, ...

A short history of paper money: “Kublai Khan, said Marco Polo, had ‘a more extensive command of treasure than any other sovereign in the universe’. There were no jangling pockets of coins in Kanbalu.

University of Birmingham provides funding as a founding partner of The Conversation UK. The confusion and commotion over cryptocurrency often reminds me of the 19th-century German drama Faust. In ...