POLITICAL ECONOMY - "Money" is artificial designation for representing or to measure the value of properties or services. On its own, it is just NOTHING - a piece of paper. This said, what makes money to stand strong for what it is, as "legal tender", is the rule of LAW. In a situation where "lawlessness" dominates and prevails largely - such as the kind of "failed state" in which Ethiopia is languishing through nowadays, extravagant money could even become part of the problems than a solution!