What does money mean to you?

What does money mean to you?

• Freedom• Security• Danger• Comfort• Worry• Obligation• Burden• Slavery

• Power• Weakness• Death• Sex• Politics• Pollution• Fun• Connection

~3%

~97%

~0%

Changes to UK money supply 1970 - 2013

Data: Bank of England

Mortgage lendingMortgage lending

House pricesHouse prices

Data sources: Office for National Statistics, Department for Communities and Local Government, Nationwide

0.00000001%

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Legal status:•Regulated vs unregulated•Legal tender?

Scope:•Sovereign•Complementary vs alternative•Local/community vs international•Virtual?

Money format:•Physical vs digital•Token vs IOU•Decentralized vs centralized•Cryptography?

Printers Hotel Builder

Printers Hotel Builder

Printers Hotel Builder

Printers Hotel Builder

Printers Hotel Builder

Printers Hotel Builder

Printers Hotel Builder

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- Socrates (A character in ‘Way of the Peaceful Warrior’)