Finology:
The study of human value exchange.
The study of money and value exchange.
The study of the relationships between human beings and money.
The study of minds, brains, customs and behaviors with respect to money and the money forces.
The theory or system of Finology.
I study finology when I reflect on how the waitress is bringing me food and knows that after we are done that she will get paid by me for her service.
When I earn and spend my money I am exchanging value with someone else with Finology. I think about my finological relationship between the value I create and the value others give me as I spend it.
The firstrequired college course examining flatulence in a long roster of courses when one is pursuing a degree in the highly complex and well researched field.
I will never forget my Flatology 101 course in college, the professor was a most eloquent and masterful farting clown of a man!