Inflation
Why prices rise, why currencies weaken, and what history says about both.
A Plain-Language Money Newsletter
Money Makes More Sense When You Study History
PlainMoney is a calm, plain-language newsletter about inflation, monetary history, hard assets, and preserving wealth in uncertain times.
Start with Edmund Mercer’s free book, Why I Walked Out of My Financial Advisor’s Office.
What PlainMoney Covers
Big ideas, explained in plain English
Monetary History
Lessons from Rome, reserve currencies, paper money, banking panics, and financial crises.
Gold & Silver
Why hard assets keep reappearing whenever trust in money breaks down.
Wealth Preservation
Clear frameworks for thinking about savings, risk, and long-term purchasing power.
Financial Myths
Plain-English explanations of ideas investors are often told but rarely shown.
The Free Book
Start With The Free Book
Why I Walked Out of My Financial Advisor’s Office is a short, plain-language introduction to the ideas behind PlainMoney: monetary history, inflation, conventional investing advice, and the forgotten role of hard assets.
Edmund Mercer
Why I Walked Out of My Financial Advisor’s Office
Long-term thinking. Historical perspective.
EM
About The Author
Written With Historical Perspective
PlainMoney is written in the voice of Edmund Mercer, a financial historian created for readers who want calm, plain-English explanations of money, markets, and monetary history.