Money Is a Rumor Everyone Agrees to Believe

The Hang Theory. A lecture series by Hang Dallas.One speaker. One big idea. One good room.Where · 2700 SWISS Event Space.Money is a social agreement, not a natural fact. This talk traces how that agreement has been struck and restruck over centuries: from commodity money and coinage to paper notes, central banks, and the digital ledgers that now move billions without a single physical token changing hands. What actually backs a dollar when gold is gone? What happens when the collective belief that holds a currency together begins to crack? Dr. Stephen Quinn walks through the historical architecture of trust that makes money work, and the moments when it has failed.How the night goesDoors at 6:00 PM. Come early, grab a drink and something to eat, settle in.Stephen takes the floor at 7:00 PM.Questions from the room near 7:45 PM.Afterward, stay for a glass of wine with Stephen. The best conversations happen then.