Thanks Clare. On the idea of the era of grift and bullshit from our leaders... One of the foundational mythologies of money was the story of Gyges. He was Croseus's grandad (for most of history 'as rich as Croseus' was the way we described what today we'd call a 'billionaire'.) There are a couple of versions of the story, one by Herodotus one by Plato, but both centre around the idea of an 'invisible power'. The early spread of money gave rulers the power to act at a distance and impose certain logics and ways of being on their populations. It helped them to say one thing but do another. I am, of course, sceptical that much can change while it remains our dominant measure of value. Xx