Since pundits are convinced we’re headed for the next Great Depression, let’s be optimists and fast-forward to post-depression boom times when America will return to the basics and once again learn about money. Join little Tommy and his crisp new $5 bill as they travel through America’s financial system, circa 1947…

What Is Money? (1947) [YouTube via Get Rich Slowly]
(Photo: Ryan McFarland)

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