What is money?

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Not everyone has a background in finance – even fewer want one – but each of us struggles toward some understanding of what money is and what is happening with our economy. So we were intrigued by the insightful musings  of a Buddhist-leaning photographer who has apparently managed to live a full life without the aid of a single spreadsheet. Is this possible?

Artist Sean Kernan has none of the vocabulary of a financial professional – or even a student – but his ideas about money are startlingly similar to those expressed by the Harvard business and history professor Niall Ferguson, in the introduction to his book on The Ascent of Money, which we reviewed last month.

We offer it here, an out-of-the-financial-box view of money titled Economic Buddhism.

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