Daddy? Where does money come from?

You think money grows on trees?

Money grows on tomorrow's trees.

Made by ape-shaped monkey bees. 

Money grows on tomorrow's trees.

Here's an essay that first was on Twitter by Richard Murphy on Brexit. This economist makes the same point as Debt: The First 5000 Years author David Graeber, that money is a promise. More than a token of labor. A promise implying future certainty, abiding physical limits.

The smartest thing we did was get off the gold standard and tap into monkey bee land.