 Three questions I know to ask about money. One, who has the power to create money? Two, what character does it have? Does it bear interest or bear a dimmerage where it loses value of time? And three, what can it be useful? This determines our relationships, our behavior, and inequality. And it is the most powerful question I know about money from Bernard Lyotard. I hope this is exactly the kind of thing that will be discussed at the Money Question. I think the Money Question website is a really nice idea. Money has been exercising people's imagination for centuries because it infiltrates into every corner of our economic life. All these questions are still, believe it or not, up in the air after centuries of discussion. So let's hope that this website improves that debate and comes up with some really interesting conclusions. The Global Financial Crisis in 2008 has shown the institutions we were supposed to have faith in didn't know what they were talking about. The Money Question is a pluralist platform with a large and grown group of heretics around the globe that think they have better answers to the Money Question than the ones that have failed us repeatedly. What we learned from the Financial Crisis was that there was a lack of understanding of money and the monetary system. And with the Money Question website, we are definitely trying to create some pluralism and better understanding of money. This is like one of the core elements of getting a better understanding of society and the economy is to understand money and the monetary system. The Money Question is a place for everyone. It's a place for students and journalists, for economists and historians. Be part of the conversation, share your research, read blogs and find out where the conversation is right now. If we get it right, that will lead to a better monetary system that better serves society.