The Future of Money

Nothing is talked more about at the moment than the Euro and the Eurozone - Greece is up in the air and so is the monetary agreement that gives the Eurozone its name.

Hedge funds have created some of the wealthiest people of our time, and few really understand them. Mallaby's account is - if at times a little superficial - surely a great way to start understanding the world of of hedging.

Money has always been an agreement of value on an intermediate item for exchanging value. Why can't we call a certain amount of code money?

Beat Weber from the Austrian Central Bank has written a great critique of Bitcoin for KR: http://bit.ly/1EK4KLc

Germany's legendary hyperinflation in the 1920s and 1930s still informs Europe's politics today.

Brixton Pounds in London is only one example - communities are organizing their own monetary systems now! Does local money work well? Or would everybody be better off with the dollar?

Also have a look at Johannes Lenhard's KR article on the topic: http://bit.ly/1OaTWf6

Cryptocurrencies are ways of using technology to bypass the monopoly of states on the creation and regulation of money and commerce. What role will they play in the future?

Dave Birch has written two brilliant KR articles in the future of money strand on the future of money and technology. Find them here:

Is Bitcoin the future of money? This is the best collection of writings of the alleged Bitcoin founder Nakamoto.

Keynes' Theory had a gigantic impact on the Great Depression - he has never been more relevant that today.