This topic, "Ideal Money and the Motivation of Savings and Thrift" was originally introduced for a lecture to be given in 2012 in the vicinity of Astana, Kazakhstan. As things happened, a conflict of timing accidentally prevented my giving any lecture in 2012 (while I was in the vicinity of Astana in Kazakhstan). So, as things worked out, I gave the lecture in Bishkek, Kyrgystan in May 2013. This was actually held in a room in the Hyatt Regency hotel there in Bishkek.