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Money : a story of humanity / David McWilliams ; foreword by Michael Lewis.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: English Publication details: London : Simon & Schuster, 2024.Description: xv, 400 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (black and white and color), maps (black and white) ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9781471195440
  • 1471195449
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HG 231 M478m 2024
Contents:
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 Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) HG 231 M478m 2024 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00000198043

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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