NPR: Hear: Money Is A Relationship

Hear: Money Is A Relationship

Drip, drip, drip. . .

Nathan Bowling

Today on Planet Money:

We spend a lot of time worrying about money, working for money, spending money, saving money -- but what, exactly, is money? Where does it come from? Where does it go? Today, we begin a series that we hope will answer those questions (and, you know, more).

-- Eric Rauchway, author of a new history of the Great Depression, looks at President-elect Obama's pick for Treasury secretary, Timothy Geithner.

-- Niall Ferguson, author of The Ascent of Money, defines money in a rather surprising way.

Download the podcast; or subscribe. Intro music: Flying Lizards's "Money." Find us: Twitter/ Facebook/ Flickr.

Laura Conaway

6:03 PM ET | 11-24-2008 | permalink

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