Category Archives: Stone Money Links

Money does not exist. The most shocking things for me to believe in, after dealing with all these paper bills and bank account statements, was that it is all fiction. You don’t really own anything valuable. Money exist when everyone … Continue reading →

Money is such an enigmatic concept that people who understand it, people who spend the majority of their lives studying it, still sometimes refer to it as “magic”. That isn’t very reassuring but you just have to trust them them … Continue reading →

My lack of interest in the economy and the way money works had left me with the naïve concept that money is extremely valuable. If I were to receive a hundred dollar bill I would be cautious with it. However, … Continue reading →

(Substitute an actual title if you like the idea. I think it’s smart  to title your essays.) I always believed that the money I had in either my bank account had value. My belief was true to me until I … Continue reading →

During class the other day, we read and discussed about the currency on the island of Yap. The currency is called fei, they are stone coins mined from an Island 400 miles away from Yap, the bigger the stone the … Continue reading →

Money is an interesting aspect to life. When asked what money is, most would suggest that it is a thing, and point to their wallet or the paper money in their hand. This is true for any civilization; we all … Continue reading →

The concept of money brings a lot of things to the table in our society. I used to think that money was just used for currency but after these articles and doing a little research, there are other purposes that … Continue reading →

It is rather eerie to know that the money that sits in people’s bank accounts is not really there. That the number projected on a mobile screen or an ATM machine will indicate how much money is in a certain … Continue reading →

The concept that money does not exist is mind-boggling. In the American society, money is no longer a physical object. Money is handled through the computer more often than it is handled physically; yet, there are still some places that do not … Continue reading →

On the small island of Yap located in Micronesia, large limestone disks the size of cars are what they use for their currency. Sounds weird, don’t y0u think? Ironically though, the most illogical form of currency is a bit more … Continue reading →