April 19, 2024
Considering the upside and downside of eliminating the penny takes us to bigger questions about the composition of our money supply.
April 17, 2024
Made from a Himalayan shrub, Japanese cash remains popular, even when other countries are becoming increasingly cashless.
February 21, 2024
Although the coin supply in the Philippines is more than sufficient, they have a coin shortage that creates problems.
February 19, 2024
Moving away from the dollar or the euro, we can shift our image of money by thinking of a stone slab and other pseudo currencies.
February 2, 2024
Looking for a cashless economy, our first destination would be Sweden to see the upside and its unintended consequences.
January 5, 2024
When your dog makes a meal of your money, you can ask if chewed up cash can be rescued by depositing it at the bank.
August 3, 2023
By looking at the downgrade of the U.S. debt, we can see how a credit rating impacts a country's ability to borrow.
May 25, 2023
Looking closely at banking competition takes us to balance sheets, regulation, competitive market structures, and JPMorgan Chase.
May 4, 2023
Looking at 19th century finance and recent bank failures, the common theme is the meaning of speedier markets.
March 20, 2023
Moving from big banking collapse facts, we need the smaller ones to complete the picture of where we have been and where we might go.
March 12, 2023
March 2, 2022
With SWIFT instantly becoming famous, we've taken a look at a heist and its history to demonstrate what it does.