Economics 201: Money
A Brief History of Money, (James Surowiecki, IEEE Spectrum, June 2012)
Once Upon a Dime, New York Federal Reserve
Nice explanation by Princeton health economist Uwe Reinhardt
For interest:
Fun graphic history of money (Mint.Com)
More history of US money and facts about US money (VisualCapitalist.com)
History of money: England and tally sticks (Tim Taylor, July 12, 2017)
Money and the fall of Ancient Rome (VisualCapitalist.com)
What makes medieval money different?
A brief guide to impractical currencies
Ban the $100 bill! (Slate, December 9, 2010)
"$100 bills are becoming one of America's leading exports", (Washington Post, April 9, 2013, Bradford Plummer)
What if we went back to the gold standard? (Slate, November 9, 2010)
Greek government bonds are seeing their interest rates jump around
NU sells out some of its future Lyrica profits for cash and diversification. Daily Northwestern, articles by Emily Glazer and Nathalie Tadena, Oct. 10, 2009
Ponzi Schemes: How Bernie Maddoff made off with many people's life savings
Money is a bank for criminals, like Illinois Secretary of State Paul Powell and Chicago Mayor William Hale Thompson (New York Times, August 1, 2010)