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May 2022
35m 49s

Money 2.0: Emotional Currency

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
About this episode
What’s the point of money? The answer might seem obvious: we need it to get paid for our work and to buy the things we need. But there’s also a deeper way to look at the role of money in our lives. This week in our Money 2.0 series, we revisit a favorite 2020 episode for an anthropologist’s take on the origin story of money. What if the cash and coins we car ... Show More
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