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Money and Reality: Exploring Austrian Economics and The Natural Order of Money with Brad and Ira

The Meaning Code

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The History of Tally Sticks

Tally sticks were used as accounts up until the 20th century in certain parts of Europe. They would mark on a stick how much debt one person had to another and then they'd trade these sticks for money. That's like fractional accounting, but that's not what we call it.

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