Alien World of Money and Beyond

Chapter 6 from the 1998 book Money and the Human Condition by Michael Neary and Graham Taylor.Authors:  Michael Neary and Graham TaylorApril 24, 2024          The Alien World of Money and Beyond . . . The magical qualities of money transfixed the philosophers of the ancient and medieval eras. The quest to turn base metals into gold eluded the greatest of ancient minds. It was the modern bourgeoisie which was to discover the secrets of the philosopher's stone. The class that laid naked the sup...

Good, Bad, and the Complete Opposite: Cynicism in Golden Age Mexican Cinema

This essay was originally published in the Full Stop Quarterly "Cynicism" issue (Fall 2022). Subscribe at our Patreon page to get access to this and future issues, also available for purchase here. Your support makes it possible for us to publish work like this. It’s 1957, and, like most of Mexico, Cantinflas needs money. Once content with living hand-to-mouth, the death of his best friend suddenly leaves him in charge of raising his godson. In search of opportunity, he pursues an...

Adventures of a Shilling - How Human life has been bound to useless metals

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