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  1. The markets for metals - 2023 March 04

    For any market there must be a way in which buyers are matched up with sellers, this article talks about how this happens with metals.


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  2. What is a commodity - 2023 March 03

    What is it that makes a commodity a commodity?


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  3. Where is money created - 2021 December 11

    Where is money actually created in the system? Hint, it's not where most people think.


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  4. TIL a precise definition of eurodollars - 2021 January 31

    TIL I realized that I had a misconception about the meaning of the word "eurodollars"


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  5. The pandemic of mindless contactless payments - 2021 January 31

    Against the backdrop of the Covid pandemic we have another pandemic; the pandemic of people who are mindlessly making contactless payments.


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  6. Today I learned the real reason why there's reeding on the sides of coins - 2020 July 27

    Today I learned why coins have reeding on the sides and the reasons are not what I had originally thought.


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