My friend Judy asks, “If money doesn’t grow on trees, then why do banks have branches?”
This is such a good question, I consulted two experts: a friend who owes his bank money, and another guy whose desk faces an ATM machine. Here’s what they told me.
Before there were banks, somebody had to invent money. But before there was money, there was a barter system.
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