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Money : a story of Humanity / David McWilliams.

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Simon & Schuster, 2024.Description: XV, 400 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781471195440
LOC classification:
  • M478m 2024
Contents:
Contenidos : Part 1: Ancient Money Money in the beginning By the Rivers of Babylon From contracts to coins Money and the Greek mind The empire of credit Part 2: Medieval Money Twilight of the feudal economy Saracen magic Darkness into night God’s printer Part 3: Revolutionary Money Invisible money The father of monetary economics The bishop of money Money and the American Republic Part 4: Modern Money Empiricism and the evolutionary economy Money on trial Yellow Brick Road Modernist money Into the abyss
Summary: Money: A Story of Humanity traces the history of money from its earliest origins in Mesopotamia to modern cryptocurrencies, showing how it has shaped human societies. McWilliams presents money not just as an economic tool, but as a social technology that enables trade, cooperation, and the building of complex civilizations.Summary: For readers of SAPIENS and Yanis Varoufakis, the definitive story of money and how it shaped humankind from influential global economist David McWilliams.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Automatización y Procesos Técnicos Automatización y Procesos Técnicos (1er. Piso) M478m 2024 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000198043

Contenidos : Part 1: Ancient Money

Money in the beginning

By the Rivers of Babylon

From contracts to coins

Money and the Greek mind

The empire of credit


Part 2: Medieval Money

Twilight of the feudal economy

Saracen magic

Darkness into night

God’s printer


Part 3: Revolutionary Money

Invisible money

The father of monetary economics

The bishop of money

Money and the American Republic


Part 4: Modern Money

Empiricism and the evolutionary economy

Money on trial

Yellow Brick Road

Modernist money

Into the abyss

Money: A Story of Humanity traces the history of money from its earliest origins in Mesopotamia to modern cryptocurrencies, showing how it has shaped human societies. McWilliams presents money not just as an economic tool, but as a social technology that enables trade, cooperation, and the building of complex civilizations.

For readers of SAPIENS and Yanis Varoufakis, the definitive story of money and how it shaped humankind from influential global economist David McWilliams.

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