E38 - Knut Svanholm: What Money Actually Is

Why does it seem like almost nobody agrees on the answer?

Knut Svanholm breaks down why our understanding of money collapses under scrutiny, and what that reveals about one of the most misunderstood topics in economics: money itself.

Depending on how you look at it, today’s monetary system is either something most people rarely question or something fundamentally broken at its core.

Knut shares how his unconventional background in shipping and military service led him to question systems, incentives, and authority, eventually guiding him toward a deeper understanding of money, value, and sc...