The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilisation

So long as we still resort to markets and banks, the words of (the

socialist) George Bernard Shaw are worth keeping in mind:

"The universal regard for money is the one hopeful fact in our civilisation."

It is only when it is cheapened to worthlessness for some, and made impossibly

dear to others, that it becomes a curse. Money is the counter that enables life

to be distributed socially. The first duty of every citizen is to insist on

having money on reasonable terms, 

I think one should ask the Cypriots about this.