How Governments Seized Control of Money

Tags: Money and Banks, World History

12/15/2021 Ryan McMaken

It took many centuries for regimes to secure the sort of prestige and power necessary to claim a monopoly over money. From the state’s perspective, it has been worth it.

Original Article: “How Governments Seized Control of Money“

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