Marinus van Reymerswaele

Trust, Faith and Confidence – Value and the Role of Money

The moneychanger and his wife, Marinus van Reymerswaele, wikiart.org

For most of human existence, interchange has been governed by social reciprocity, our sense of obligation to be helpful, fair, and just according to tradition. So how did money – originally invented as a mere token of social obligation – get confused with true wealth and become the end in itself?