Money in itself is just a concept. You can't eat the stuff. All you can do is exchange it for the things you want. Typically, you acquire it by the same means: you've given somebody something they want and they gave you money.
All that matters is that you believed, when you accepted the money, that you would be able to exchange it for other things.
Well, what isn't real money? Photocopiers and laser printers can produce pretty close facsimlies of paper money but you wouldn't accept it because you know it's not real. The same thing would apply if someone tried to sell you a fake Louis Vuitton handbag for $2500. You'd refuse, you want the real thing
What about stolen money? It looks real enough. But you know there's a price that you may have to pay if you handle it
Real money is money that is honestly earned by exchange for something and can be used to exchange for something else. |