I am for the moment focusing on speed. I have had over 40 voicemails for several months. I keep adding to them, so it revolves a bit, but I want to get them off. For that reason, I am confining myself to shorter, less explanatory notes to myself.
In the event that someone somewhere wants more to read while I am slowing down, you can read a bunch here. Frankly, I don’t think you exist, but who knows? You are my Snipe reader.
I will add that website in general has a lot of content.
For what it is worth, I ordered two books on money, so I can hopefully figure it out. One thought I will pass along (possibly, if I have a reader) is that as a general rule, the speed of money dictates the wealth created, where wealth is defined as the purchasing power of one unit of money. This only applies if the money supply is constant, I think.
In communism, money is eliminated, in effect, since the State directly allocates resources from Point A to Point B. This slows the speed of money, and reduces wealth. This is over and above resentments felt towards Communist regimes in general, and of course the necessary declines in productivity brought about by centralization, as described well by Hayek and others.
If you look at barter, you may go to market and not see what you want. So you don’t sell what you had. If money is an option, you can sell it, then buy what you want later. This facilitates the speedier movement of money.
These are general thoughts. As mentioned, I am going to read more.