An homage to the cheque (or check)

The check used to buy Alaska ( source ) I recently read an FP article about the odd persistence of the cheque as a way to make payments. Acc...

The road to sound digital money

No, I'm not talking about sound money in the sense of having a stable value. I'm talking about money that is sound because it can su...

On currency

David Birch recently grumbled about people's sloppy use of the term legal tender , and I agree with him. As Birch points out, what many...

The forking of the Indian rupee

This post is about the dismantling of the rupee-zone between 1947-49, an historical event that is especially topical in light of two modern ...