Outline (for "Ideal Money")

    Money is an artifact of civilization. So also is the 
standard kilogram which is a mass of platinum-iridium alloy 
that is kept in a special international institution located 
near Paris. But while the weight of the kilogram can be 
regarded as invariant with regard to various places and 
times on the Earth the value of monies used as currency 
varies with the effective political regime and with time 
rather than being as if like the value of the metal in 
the standard kilogram. 
    Money can also be regarded as a technological 
development comparable to the wheel and of similar 
antiquity. We have remarks about the history of monetary 
systems and about issues of comparative quality or merit. 
And we have a specific proposal about how a system or 
systems of "ideal money" might be established and employed. 
Also we criticize the "Keynesian psychology" in relation 
to the history of the influence of "Keynesians" on the 
practical characteristics of national currencies.