Enough About You – nyctime7

Money seems to have a big role in our society; you can’t do much or get far if you don’t have any. Money is valuable in different ways, even when you don’t see it physically. In today’s society you must have faith in the government and in the banking system that your money is being handled with in the proper manner, if not then you would have to hide all of your money under your mattress or around your house. I have no clue what happens in the banks, or how they take care of your money. I always thought money was simple; you either have some or you don’t—that’s it. However, being introduced to this assignment, the Yap Fei, US gold, French francs, Brazilian cruzeros, and debit accounts now seem similar. No one actually sees their money being transferred. When you get paid, you aren’t handed cash, you don’t receive a physical check, the money’s all directly transferred to your bank account, and you just have to trust that you got more money.

Money dictates what people can and can’t do in life. Money has value in both physical and virtual form. We sometimes store money in our own houses as an alternative, when we don’t trust the government and banking. We don’t all know how banks work or how they handle our money. I originally thought money was simple; either we had it or we didn’t. This assignment has shown me that the Yap Fei, US gold, French francs, Brazilian cruzeros, and debit accounts are very similar. We don’t always literally see our money being transferred. When paid, due to the absence of cash and checks, we’re left to trust that money was transferred to our bank accounts.