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Apr 7
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320. Principles of Economics Lecture 10:...

Dr. Saifedean Ammous
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Tenth lecture of Principles of Economics explores money as the most salable good, how it emerges from trade, solves the coincidence-of-wants problem, enables calculation and specialization, preserves value across time, and why hardness matters more than quantity. Get all course notes and slides on saifedean.com/poecourse 
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