34991Y9 money is thus a universal exchange medium
THAT
ENABLES PEOPLE
TO CONVERT ALMOST EVERYTING
INTO ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE? Brawn gets converted to brain
when a discharged soldier finances his college tuition with his military benefits!
Land gets converted into loyalty when a baron sells property to support his retainers.
Health is converted to justice when a physician uses her fees to hire a lawyer - or bribe a judge.
It is even possible to convert sex into salvation, as 15th-century prostitutes did when they slep with men
for money, which they in turn used to buy indulgences from the Roman Catholic Church?! Ideal types of money
enable people not merely to turn one thing into another, but to store wealth as well. Many valuables cannot be
stored - such as time or beauty? Some things can be stored only for a short time, such as strawberries! Other
things are more durable, but take up a lot of space & require expensive facilities & care. Grain for
example, can be stored for years, but to do so you need to build huge storehouses
& guard against rats, mould, water, fire & thieves! Money, whether paper,
computer bits or cowry shells, solves these problems?
Cowry shells don't rot, are unpalatable
to rats, can survive fires & are
compact enough to be
locked up in
a safe!
ENABLES PEOPLE
TO CONVERT ALMOST EVERYTING
INTO ALMOST ANYTHING ELSE? Brawn gets converted to brain
when a discharged soldier finances his college tuition with his military benefits!
Land gets converted into loyalty when a baron sells property to support his retainers.
Health is converted to justice when a physician uses her fees to hire a lawyer - or bribe a judge.
It is even possible to convert sex into salvation, as 15th-century prostitutes did when they slep with men
for money, which they in turn used to buy indulgences from the Roman Catholic Church?! Ideal types of money
enable people not merely to turn one thing into another, but to store wealth as well. Many valuables cannot be
stored - such as time or beauty? Some things can be stored only for a short time, such as strawberries! Other
things are more durable, but take up a lot of space & require expensive facilities & care. Grain for
example, can be stored for years, but to do so you need to build huge storehouses
& guard against rats, mould, water, fire & thieves! Money, whether paper,
computer bits or cowry shells, solves these problems?
Cowry shells don't rot, are unpalatable
to rats, can survive fires & are
compact enough to be
locked up in
a safe!
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