Bill more says, systems of taxation emerged as societies expanded. Rulers would take something that symbolized their own ilite status and send some of it out into the world. This is haden brain. I'm shan carvedante. You've heard the old joke, thing is certain except death and taxes. Now, taxes may feel inevitable to us but they were not always a part of human existence.
What’s the point of money? The answer might seem obvious: we need it to get paid for our work and to buy the things we need. But there’s also a deeper way to look at the role of money in our lives. This week in our Money 2.0 series, we revisit a favorite 2020 episode for an anthropologist’s take on the origin story of money. What if the cash and coins we carry are not just tools for transactions, but manifestations of human relationships?
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