Reading The Wonderful Wizard of Oz | Alexandria
Read The Wonderful Wizard of Oz by L. Frank Baum. Revealing The Wonderful Wizard of Oz as a savvy critique of 1890s monetary policy - with its yellow brick road symbolizing the gold standard and Emerald City representing paper money. Baum's parable challenged centralized financial power while cloaking radical economics in a children's tale, foreshadowing today's debates over cryptocurrency and fiat currency.