Articles by Dan Hind

Source: Al Jazeera

Protests against the world’s financial institutions are growing, but do most people even know where money comes from?

We spend a lot of time thinking about money, one way or another. We think about how to get our hands on it, how to keep it safe and how to spend it. When we aren’t asleep, there’s a good chance that we’re paying attention to money. But while money is never far from our thoughts, there is something curious about our relationship with it. For all that we use it to get through the day, most of us don’t know what it is. read more