I believe that most people see significant importance in understanding the role of money in the economy. In a modern society, for example, we state most economic information in the form of money prices. I have made a brief list of some roles for money:

• Money Transaction Prices
• Money Offering Prices
• Money Asking Prices
• Money Exchange Rates
• Money Economic Indices
• Money Accounting Data
• Etc. (Make your own list)

Yet, the importance of the role of money extends much further than most people and economists fully understand. Many of the mistaken policies employed by government result from a misunderstanding of the role of money in the economy. (For example...).