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Money 101
What is money?
Shells, gold, paper, numbers in an app. Money is whatever people trust to settle a debt, and who controls it has changed a lot. Start with how we got here.
- How we got here: the money timelineTextbook
- Fiat money, in plain EnglishDictionary
- Fiat vs. the gold standardCompare
- Bretton WoodsDictionary
- Chapter 1: The Evolution of MoneyTextbook
Power
Who makes the rules?
Someone decides how much money gets made, who gets it first, and who pays the interest. Follow the money from the Fed to the national debt to the governments now buying bitcoin.
- 1913: the Federal Reserve is createdTimeline
- $40 trillion in debt. Who pays, and how?Lesson
- Deficit vs. debtCompare
- InterestDictionary
- Reserve Watch: who holds bitcoinLedger
Bitcoin
What is Bitcoin?
Money with a fixed supply, a public ledger anyone can check, and no company or government in charge. Learn how it works before you decide what you think.
always challenge your thesis.
- Bitcoin, start here: the one-page guidePrintable
- Bitcoin, in plain EnglishDictionary
- The halvingDictionary
- The price chartLedger
- Films to watch, in orderLibrary
Inflation
Why does everything cost more?
Prices rise for a lot of reasons, but one shows up again and again: there's more money chasing the same things. Follow this trail from the word, to the chart, to the burger.
- Inflation, in plain EnglishDictionary
- CPI vs. inflationCompare
- M2: the money supply since 2000Chart
- Purchasing powerDictionary
- Chapter 2: Inflation Is More Than PricesTextbook · being written
Markets
How do markets work?
Stocks, bonds and bitcoin all move on what people expect next. Nobody knows what's next, including the experts on TV.
it's never going to go how you think it's going to go.
- How Wall Street and Washington talk about bitcoinLedger
- RecessionDictionary
- CollateralDictionary
- Inside Job and The Big ShortLibrary
Your money
Why should I invest?
Cash that sits still loses buying power every year prices rise. Investing is how your money keeps up, and the best time to start is usually earlier than you think.
time in the market beats timing the market.
- Purchasing powerDictionary
- Run your own numbersCalculators · coming soon
- Films about moneyLibrary
- Door 2: the Foundations trackComing soon
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