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That's what the Conquistadores got wrong. |
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They failed to see that money is about trust, even faith. |
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Trust in the person paying you the money, trust in the Central Bank issuing the money, |
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trust in the commercial bank that honors the cheque. |
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Money isn't metal, it's trust inscribed. |
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And it doesn't much matter what it's inscribed on. |
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Paper, silver, clay, or a screen provided the recipient believes in it. |
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There was one huge possibility created by the emergence of money as a system of mutual trust |
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a possibility that would revolutionise world history. |
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It was the idea that you could rely on people to borrow money from you and pay it back at some future date |
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That's why the root of credit is credo, the Latin for "I believe". |
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Without the invention of credit, the entire economic history of our world would have been impossible |
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