Money : the true story of a made-up thing
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Published
New York : Hachette Books, 2020.
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Glencarlyn - Adult Nonfiction
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Published
New York : Hachette Books, 2020.
Format
Book
Physical Desc
xiii, 257 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 229-242) and index.
Description
Money only works because we all agree to believe in it. In Money, Jacob Goldstein shows how money is a useful fiction that has shaped societies for thousands of years, from the rise of coins in ancient Greece to the first stock market in Amsterdam to the emergence of shadow banking in the 21st century. At the heart of the story are the fringe thinkers and world leaders who reimagined money. Kublai Khan, the Mongol emperor, created paper money backed by nothing, centuries before it appeared in the west. John Law, a professional gambler and convicted murderer, brought modern money to France (and destroyed the country's economy). The cypherpunks, a group of radical libertarian computer programmers, paved the way for bitcoin. One thing they all realized: what counts as money (and what doesn't) is the result of choices we make, and those choices have a profound effect on who gets more stuff and who gets less, who gets to take risks when times are good, and who gets screwed when things go bad. Lively, accessible, and full of interesting details (like the 43-pound copper coins that 17th-century Swedes carried strapped to their backs), Money is the story of the choices that gave us money as we know it today. --from Amazon.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Goldstein, J. (2020). Money: the true story of a made-up thing (First Edition.). Hachette Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Goldstein, Jacob. 2020. Money: The True Story of a Made-up Thing. Hachette Books.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Goldstein, Jacob. Money: The True Story of a Made-up Thing Hachette Books, 2020.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Goldstein, Jacob. Money: The True Story of a Made-up Thing First Edition., Hachette Books, 2020.
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