In the New York Times article,” The Fiction That Makes the World Go Round”, Richard Davies explores the idea of money itself. Money is just a paper good that’s purpose is to be used to trade goods and services for. As a review for the book The Story of a Made-Up Thing written by Jacob Goldstein, Richard Davies quotes from the novel, “But it’s really “a made-up thing, a shared fiction. Money is fundamentally, unalterably social.”” In which he responds with, “The early chronicles of cash show how societies move from monies with intrinsic value… to paper currencies that are valuable because they are tools — ways to exchange goods and services.” Showing an understanding of how money, a small rectangular piece of paper can hold so much value. As well as their use in humans’ everyday life and in our society overall, for a trade of goods or services.