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None of us has as much money as we would like, but imagine if money didnt exist at all. How would we buy the things we need, or sell the things we dont need? Who would decide whether a basket of fruit is worth the same as a hunting spear? Many things have been used as money, from live animals through cowrie shells to plastic cards. Learn how moneylending grew into todays banking industry, and how credit allows us to spend money we dont even have.