Moneyness: Monetagium

JP Koning is a regular source of interesting insights into the history of money. Here he delves into the history of currency debasement as a form of taxation and how rulers figured out better ways to extract the revenue they wanted. The analogy with the Mafia is a nice touch.

— Read on jpkoning.blogspot.com/2024/05/monetagium.html

Tony – From the Outside

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Author: From the Outside

After working in the Australian banking system for close to four decades, time to read, write and reflect on what I have learned. My primary area of expertise is bank capital management but this blog aims to offer a bank insider's outside perspective on banking, capital, economics, finance and risk.

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