Published Feb 10, 2017
Why It's Really Hard to Create a New Currency in a Revolution
Delve into the intricacies of currency creation during revolutions with history expert Rebecca Spang, as she dissects the failure of the French Revolution's assignat and compares it to modern financial evolutions like Bitcoin and the Eurozone's issues, illuminating the potent mix of money, politics, and power.
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