What is money?

This episode features:

-What causes inflation?

-Why doesn't the government just print a bunch of money and give it to people?

-Why did two British musicians set one million pounds on fire?

-What would happen if we set one trillion dollars on fire?

-Why do big businesses treat their employees better than small businesses?

-Can we reduce gun violence by buying people's guns from them?

-Why did gun violence go down in Australia in the 90s?

-How did Walmart become so successful?

-Why is America rich?

-Are prices set by greed?

-The invisible hand

-Why is it good for prices to go up during a shortage?

-Why does the price of everything go up over time?

-Why is it common for economic policies to be worse than useless?