Picasso was an artist…but he was also an economist. In the height of his fame, instead of paying for a purchase in cash, he would use checks. Rather than taking away his money, these checks created money as if he were his own Federal Reserve.
What was going on? Well, Picasso was so famous that his signature would often sell for more than the value writte…
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