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{{def|Money|/ˈmʌni/|n|[[File:Hammurabi.jpg|450px|thumb|center|A theoretical conceptualisation of money yesterday]]}}{{quote|''“I don’t need [[money]]. I need questions answered. Question number one: Can I have some [[money]]?”'' | {{def|Money|/ˈmʌni/|n|[[File:Hammurabi.jpg|450px|thumb|center|A theoretical conceptualisation of money yesterday]]}}{{quote|''“I don’t need [[money]]. I need questions answered. Question number one: Can I have some [[money]]?”'' | ||
:—Ford Fairlane, in {{fr|The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Rock ’n’ Roll Detective}}}} | :—Ford Fairlane, in {{fr|The Adventures of Ford Fairlane, Rock ’n’ Roll Detective}}}} | ||
1. The simplest, and most perplexing thing in all of [[financial services]]. In being an abstract, immaterial, token of value, it is a simple, but gravely misunderstood thing. This makes money at its deepest essence, ''[[cunisian]]''. | 1. The simplest, and most perplexing thing in all of [[financial services]]. In being an abstract, immaterial, token of value, it is a simple, but gravely misunderstood thing. This makes money at its deepest essence, ''[[cunisian]]''. <br> | ||
2. An . ''Money is not an [[asset]]. It is not [[property]].'' Money is is a ''token of abstract value''. It is a will ’o’ the wisp, a woodland sprite, an ephemerality which floats freely of the mortal chains of commerce. It is [[derivative]] of ''nothing'', beyond the common opinion of merchants in the town square. It is like Sandy Denny, or one of those free-spirited hippie types that dances round toadstools: It cannot be owned, only ''held''<ref>{{ford fairlane bonus plan}}</ref> — which is another way of saying ''whoever holds it [[Ownership|holds]] it, outright, against all the world''. No-one has a better claim over a unit of money that the one who, [[for the time being]] holds it. | 2. An . ''Money is not an [[asset]]. It is not [[property]].'' Money is is a ''token of abstract value''. It is a will ’o’ the wisp, a woodland sprite, an ephemerality which floats freely of the mortal chains of commerce. It is [[derivative]] of ''nothing'', beyond the common opinion of merchants in the town square. It is like Sandy Denny, or one of those free-spirited hippie types that dances round toadstools: It cannot be owned, only ''held''<ref>{{ford fairlane bonus plan}}</ref> — which is another way of saying ''whoever holds it [[Ownership|holds]] it, outright, against all the world''. No-one has a better claim over a unit of money that the one who, [[for the time being]] holds it. | ||