Social standing and reptuation has always mattered, but now it 's happening on a global basis.

People have tried to control other people by trapping them with debt. A loan can become a harmful and dangerous weapon.

Money is really like blood. You need it to live but it isn't the point of life.

It is important to understand that the most important currency is social debt. Doing things for others. In order to get, you have to give.

I don't think money can be understood through a lens limited to economics. And most books about money tell you the history of money, the instrument. But money is also an idea, one that we exchange to survive.

For the last several decades, there was a prevailing belief among traditional economists that the markets were rational and self-correcting. Alan Greenspan advocated this view. But the 2008 financial crisis showed that this view is incorrect, and Greenspan eventually admitted as much.

"Begin with where you are." Everyone is looking to get ahead, but you get ahead by doing well at the things that are immediately in front of you.Start with the people around you, learn from them, and invest in them.