Modern finance likes to present itself as morally neutral, just markets, contracts, and efficient resource allocation. But there’s no such thing as a neutral system. Every financial structure encodes certain values and priorities, whether we acknowledge them or not. And…
We’re constantly told that money has value, that we should trust the system, that everything works as intended. But there’s a question most people never really think to ask: what is money actually backed by anymore? Not in theory, not…
You just didn’t notice, because the candy tasted sweet. When you were five, someone handed you a smelly little coin (money). You walked into a shop, gave it to the man behind the counter, and got a piece of candy…
Let’s Start With a Quick History Lesson (Don’t Worry, It’s Not Boring) Once upon a time, just a couple of centuries ago, governments realized they were broke. Wars weren’t going to pay for themselves, so they reached into the old…
Fintech is a thousands-year-old invention dressed up like it just dropped out of a startup accelerator. Before it became a pitch deck buzzword crammed between “AI-powered” and “blockchain-enabled,” fintech was clay tablets in Sumeria, used to track who owed who…