Money: The True Story of a Made-up Thing

Money: The True Story of a Made-up Thing
ISBN-10
031641719X
ISBN-13
9780316417198
Series
Money
Category
Business & Economics
Language
English
Published
2020
Author
Jacob Goldstein

Description

Told through witty, historical anecdotes, Goldstein demystifies this ever-evolving tool from the invention of the first coins in Mesopotamia, to how China invented paper money centuries before it appeared in the west, how at one point in Sweden men carried giant "coins" on their backs to pay for goods, to the gold standard, pound sterling, origins of the Euro, mutual funds, bitcoin and a cashless society

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