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"Central-bank digital currency" doesn’t exactly roll off the tongue. But you might want to get used to saying it. These so-called CBDCs, or digital versions of dollars, yuan, euros, yen or any other ...

Definition: Fiat currency is a form of money or tender not backed by a tangible asset or commodity like gold or silver. It’s usually mandated by governments, but this isn’t always the case. The ...

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Most of us take for granted that those rectangular green slips of paper we keep in our wallets are inviolable: the physical embodiment of value. But alternative forms of money have a long history and ...

I had coffee with an Anglo-Italian friend the other day, and he began telling me about his grandparents. They called themselves “mezzadri”, or “sharecroppers”. They worked on land belonging to ...