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| Historically, and narrowly, money referred to cash (notes and coins) in official currency backed by the relevant government.
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| Such money may be legal tender.
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| | An illusion of high rates of investment return is created by making payments to early investors out of the proceeds from later investments. |
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| More generally, money is anything accepted for the settlement of debts in an economy or jurisdiction.
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| To the economist, money is whatever is used for four roles:
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| # Medium of exchange.
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| # Unit of account.
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| # Store of value.
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| # Standard for deferred payment.
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| ''Fiat money.''
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| Money, then, can be many things, but most often today is ''fiat'' (let it be) money, i.e. tokens provided by a government and accepted by them for payment of taxes, or abstract representations of it. The latter are mostly as electronic representations in the accounts of banks and other monetary financial institutions, including [[central bank]]s. Most money in developed countries consists of these records rather than of the tokens issued as fiat money.
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| ''Commodity money.''
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| In the past money has been commodity money, for example gold or silver or valuable spices or shells, the value of which is in the valuable material or object rather than a nominal value ascribed to (a portion of) it. A government can issue tokens (e.g. notes or coins) exchangeable for a fixed quantity of such a commodity. Such tokens are known as representative money.
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| == See also == | | == See also == |
| * [[Barter]] | | * [[Fraud]] |
| * [[Broad money]] | | * [[Pyramid selling]] |
| * [[Cash]] | | * [[Misrepresentation]] |
| * [[Central bank money]]
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| * [[Commodity]]
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| * [[Cryptocurrency]]
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| * [[Currency]]
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| * [[e-money]]
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| * [[Fiat currency]]
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| * [[Fiat money]]
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| * [[Finance ]]
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| * [[Financial stability]]
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| * [[Fungible]]
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| * [[Gold standard]]
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| * [[Hard money]]
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| * [[Hot money]]
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| * [[In the money]]
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| * [[Legal tender]]
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| * [[Materialistic]]
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| * [[Monetary]]
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| * [[Monetisation]]
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| * [[Money laundering]]
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| * [[Money market]]
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| * [[Money supply]]
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| * [[Money terms]]
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| * [[Narrow money]]
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| * [[Overnight money]]
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| * [[Quantity theory of money]]
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| * [[Time value of money]]
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| * [[Token]]
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| === Other links ===
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| [http://bankunderground.co.uk/2015/08/21/monies-joining-economic-and-legal-perspectives/ Bank Underground blog: Monies - Joining economic and legal perspectives]
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| [[Category:The_business_context]] | | [[Category:The_business_context]] |
| | [[Category:Investment]] |
| | [[Category:Identify_and_assess_risks]] |
| | [[Category:Manage_risks]] |
| [[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]] | | [[Category:Financial_products_and_markets]] |
Fraud - investment.
A Ponzi scheme is a type of investment fraud.
An illusion of high rates of investment return is created by making payments to early investors out of the proceeds from later investments.
This is an unsustainable structure, dependent for its continuation on attracting ever-larger numbers of investors.
See also
