Children can use preferences for leverage. PeopleImages/E+ via Getty Images October 13, 2021 Kids are probably more strategic about swapping Halloween candy and other stuff than you might think Margaret Echelbarger, University of Chicago When deciding whether others should make trades, children may consider who likes what.
The ‘war on cash’ is slowly eliminating paper currency. Thanatos Media/Shutterstock.com October 20, 2017 In defense of cash: why we should bring back the $500 note and other big bills Jay L. Zagorsky, The Ohio State University A cashless society depends on three things, all of which have failed in recent weeks as a result of natural disasters and security breaches.
The advantages of coins as currency were clear. cgb June 20, 2017 When – and why – did people first start using money? Chapurukha Kusimba, American University Currency first hit the scene thousands of years ago. An anthropologist explains the early origins and uses of money – and how archaeological finds fill in our picture of the past.