S2Ep1 Extra: What is Money?
(with 2Ser’s Think: Business Futures)
Money has been described as one of the most important systems of trust that humans have created to date. Whether you pay in cold, hard cash or with the tap of a credit card, you use it every day. But have you ever wondered, what is money?
History Lab’s S2Ep1: The Bank, the Sergeant and his Bonus raised so many questions for Jason and Nicole that they made a whole other episode in an attempt to find out what money really is.
2SER’s Think: Business Futures is produced by Jason L’Ecuyer and hosted by the UTS Business School’s Nicole Sutton and David Brown. Peter Docherty is an Associate professor of Economics at the University of Technology Business School.
History Lab is a collaboration between the Australian Centre for Public History at the University of Technology Sydney and 2SER 107.3
Find out more
- Listen to History Lab S2Ep1: The Bank, the Sergeant and his bonus.
Credits
Producer: Jason L’Ecuyer
Image credit: First bank note (1817) Bank of New South Wales, Australian Museum, permission granted.
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The History Lab audio makers explore how they’ve tried to understand the past through sound in History Lab Season 2.
S2Ep1 Extra: Banks and Trust
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S2Ep1 Extra: Nicole talks to ABC Radio Hobart
Nicole Sutton talks to ABC Radio Hobart about S2Ep1
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S2Ep1 Extra: What is money?
Whether you pay in cold, hard cash or with the tap of a credit card, you use it every day. But have you ever wondered, what is money?
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