Money Meets Matter: Why Financial Properties Define What Things Are

Mason and Jayadev reveal that buildings—and by extension, all material things—possess a hidden dimension as fundamental as their physical properties: their monetary and financial identity. While we can observe the bricks and steel, the ownership, price, and financial flows that define a building's value remain invisible yet shape our entire relationship to it. This insight challenges how we understand economics, value, and the nature of material reality itself.