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The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection, by Tamim Ansary

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Money is also not a thing; it’s an abstraction. No one trades a cow for a coin because they want the coin. They trade the cow for a coin so they can trade the coin for a wagon.
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The Invention of Yesterday: A 50,000-Year History of Human Culture, Conflict, and Connection
by Tamim Ansary
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