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The Truth About Money: Your Dollars Are Mostly Database Entries
When most people picture “money,” they see paper bills changing hands. That picture is comforting. It’s also wildly out of date. In the United States, cash is a minority of what we call money. By the end of 2024, total currency in circulation was about $2.323 trillion. (FRED) Meanwhile, a broad money measure like M2…