April 17, 2024
Made from a Himalayan shrub, Japanese cash remains popular, even when other countries are becoming increasingly cashless.
September 25, 2019
Looking at the economic impact of India's 2016 demonetization of large denomination rupees, researchers concluded that cash still matters.
August 21, 2018
Calming the everyday monetary chaos created by Venezuela's hyperinflation is about much more than lopping zeros off its currency.
November 26, 2017
July 21, 2017
While intuitively, we know the characteristics of money, when we receive a bent coin or a half of a dollar bill, we might wonder if we can spend it.
April 11, 2017
Like Mark Twain saying, "The reports of my death have been greatly exaggerated," non-cash payments have not eliminated currency.
February 16, 2017
As an artist, a forger, or both, J.S.G. Boggs has made museums, colleges, Scotland Yard and the U.S. Secret Service decide what is fake money.
April 11, 2015
Our everyday economics includes gender gap, human capital, competition, regulation, opportunity cost, money supply, currency and conspicuous consumption.
April 8, 2015
Although paper currency is just one part of a money supply, a special design like Norway's new kroner notes conveys an inspirational message.
April 6, 2015
In the U.S. the Federal Reserve tried to introduce metal dollar coins into the money supply but currency demand indicates that people prefer paper.
January 17, 2015
Our everyday economic stories involve participation rates, human capital, signaling, ROI, money, price, austerity, personal income, monopoly and bubbles.
January 13, 2015
Federal Reserve monetary policy is not taking account of money from marijuana retailers because banks in Colorado have refused to give them accounts.