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> the message seems to be: money isn't real.

Literally true.

Piketty, T. (2014). Capital in the twenty-first century. Harvard University Press.

And also, it's a pretty stupid way to handle wealth.

Lietaer, B., & Dunne, J. (2013). Rethinking money: How new currencies turn scarcity into prosperity. Berrett-Koehler Publishers.