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Jan 2020
35m 28s

Emotional Currency

Hidden Brain, Shankar Vedantam
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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 we explore an anthropologist's take on the origin story of money. What if the cash and coins we carry are not just tools for transactions, but manifest ... Show More
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