# Money as a language

Alex Gordon-Brander

> Every currency is a system of symbols, a language that encodes our values and beliefs.

Alex’s account of why the rules of money express a society’s ideas about trust, power and value.

Undated essay by Alex Gordon-Brander, prologue

[The Alchemy of Money: From Ancient Myths to Crypto Memes](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1hhWiPqBjz_E_JwGIZoCUWB669KhIWLgqatdup_rNG80/edit?tab=t.0)

[Transforming finance](https://agbrander.com/mission.md)

[All passages](https://agbrander.com/words.md)

[Web page](https://agbrander.com/words/#alchemy-of-money)