Money... we all have some (well at least those of us who read blogs through expensive pieces of silcon hardware).  Most of us want more money (I know I do).  A lot of us have more than we think (including me).  And, a few in our world actually have more than some countries' entire GDP (not even close).  But what is this thing called money?  The latest issue of Colors opens with the sentence, "Money is an illusion, a psychological relationship between an object and a value that has been given to it..."  If you can look past the fact that Colors is one big advertisement for The Benetton Family (who own and operate numerous clothing brands including United Colors of Benetton and Killer Loop), you'll find some facinating editorial.

The theme of Issue #73 is as follows:  Benetton analyzed paper money in one of their laboratories and found traces of certain substances, the most common being: cocaine, oil, blood, soil, sweat, feces and so on. They then conducted a bit of research and documented different locations/cultures where these substances are being used as a subsitute for monetary currency. For example: in Colombia you can pay your medical bills with cocaine, while in Iraq there exists a thriving black market for blood.

Hit the jump and after the clickthrough, you'll find a page that looks like the image below.  It's interactive and as you click on each "stain" you'll download a PDF based on each particular substance.

Money can be a lot of things but what is it to you?  I've heard Kong Hee say that your money is neither good nor evil.  Money simply takes on the character of the owner.  So, if you are a drug dealer, then your money is drug money.  If you are stingy then, your money is stingy money.  If you are generous, then your money is generous and blesses others.  So, what kind of money do you have?

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