Random facts of the week

1. The first metal-based barter system was established approximately 5000 BC. This is nearly 3000 years before even the first religion. Establishing money as our deepest-set system.

2. The first recorded organised religion was Hinduism, then came Judaeism, then Taoism, Bhuddism and Shinto. only then do we get to today's popular beliefs. Christianity and then Islam.

• http://www.sacred-texts.com/time/origtime.htm

Of them all, it is only Judaeism and it's offspring, Islam and Christianity, that make use of money as more than a basic necessity.

3. Every major problem facing the world today can be solved by getting rid of the monetary system.