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20 Jan 2006

If ever a Wiz a Wiz there Woz… The Wizard of Oz and Local Currencies

after the author Frank Baum’s death in the 60s that people began to speculate about the thinking behind the book. The name Oz was supposed to represent the ounce weights that gold was sold in, and Baum himself was deeply involved in the [Populist Party](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Populist_Party_%28United_States%29″PP”), a radical economic reform movement in 1930′s USA.

Categories: Economics

1 Comment

Graham Strouts
23 Jan 5:31pm

There is a great series of radio programmes downloadeable from http://www.robinupton.com/people/WizardsOfMoney/
which uses the theme tune from the Wizards of Oz musical and gives a really great explanation of the history of money and how it works. The first couple of programmes are especially good.