Money - David McWilliams

MONEY.The object of our desires.The engine of our genius.Humanity’s greatest invention. From clay tablets in Mesopotamia to today’s cryptocurrency, global economist David McWilliams takes us on an epic journey of innovation, disruption and transformation that is an astonishing new history of our species. The question is, over 5,000 years, have we changed money – or has money changed us?   Review ‘A hugely ambitious, insightful and readable account of our relationship with money' -- Felix Martin ― Financial Times‘This is an author who knows how to hook his audience . . . There is no shortage of books about money . . . but few are as lively as this one. With McWilliams as your guide, your journey into the story of money will be so much more digestible and fun’ -- Linda Yueh, BBC History Magazine'If you still think of economics as 'the dismal science', then this firecracker of a book might change your mind' -- Christopher Hart ― Mail on Sunday‘Well researched and crammed full of anecdotes that help bring a dry subject to life. Much to enjoy – for the lay reader as well as the economist’ ― Guardian‘A breathtaking, expansive and imaginative ride through the history and future of money from an author who truly understands it. If, like me, you’ve never quite figured out where money comes from or even what it is, this is the book for you’ -- Professor Brian Cox'If, as David McWilliams complains, economists take the fun out of money, then
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