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01 Why Can't We Print More Money? 02 How Banks Create Money From Nothing 03 The 2008 Crash Explained 04 Why Your Coffee Costs $7 05 The Hidden Tax Nobody Talks About 06 Why Rich People Don't Hold Cash 07 Game Theory of Everyday Life 08 What is Bitcoin Actually? 01 Why Can't We Print More Money? 02 How Banks Create Money From Nothing 03 The 2008 Crash Explained 04 Why Your Coffee Costs $7 05 The Hidden Tax Nobody Talks About 06 Why Rich People Don't Hold Cash 07 Game Theory of Everyday Life 08 What is Bitcoin Actually?
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Why Can't We Just Print More Money?

The #1 question in economics. 10 cats, 100 shells, one government with a printer. Featuring real cases: Germany 1923, Zimbabwe 2008, Venezuela 2018.

14 min Inflation Feb 2026
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Why Can't We Just Print More Money?

The complete guide to inflation, money printing, and why governments keep making the same mistake. 12 min read.

InflationBasics
02

How Banks Create Money Out of Thin Air

Your bank doesn't just store your money. It multiplies it. Legally. Right now. Here's how fractional reserve banking works.

Banking
03

The 2008 Crash Explained With Cats

How a neighborhood of cats buying houses they couldn't afford crashed the entire world economy.

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04

Why Your Savings Are Melting (And What To Do)

Inflation is a hidden tax. $100 in 2000 buys $54 worth of stuff today. Here's how to protect yourself.

Personal Finance
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What Is Bitcoin, Actually? The Cat Explanation

Not what crypto bros tell you. Not what boomers fear. The actual technical and economic truth, explained simply.

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Why prices rise, how money works, what the Fed actually does, and why your grandma's dollar went further.

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How banks multiply money, what interest rates mean for you, and why the system is more fragile than you think.

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1929, 2008, dot-com, crypto winter — every major crash explained so you can see the next one coming.

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Why you buy things you don't need, how casinos trick your brain, and the psychology of money.

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Prisoner's dilemma, Nash equilibrium, and why rational people make irrational choices every day.

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