Money: A Story of Humanity
Autor David McWilliamsen Limba Engleză Paperback – 12 sep 2024
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‘A breathtaking, expansive and imaginative ride through the history and future of money from an author who truly understands it’ PROFESSOR BRIAN COX
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‘A cracking book that is as enjoyable as it is readable’ PETER FRANKOPAN
‘Equally entertaining and insightful’ YANIS VAROUFAKIS
_______________________________________________________MONEY.
The object of our desires.
The engine of our genius.
Humanity’s greatest invention.
Money is everything. It brings freedom and it takes it away. It inspires and corrupts us. But what is money? Is it the main thing holding us back from utopia or is it the one constant that’s driven us to success?
In his illuminating, entertaining and often surprising book, economist David McWilliams charts the relationship between humans and money – from clay tablets in Mesopotamia to coins in Ancient Greece, from mathematics in the medieval Arab world to the French Revolution, and from the emergence of the US dollar right up to today’s cryptocurrency. Along the way, we meet a host of characters who have innovated with money, disrupting society and transforming the way we live. Like humanity, money is ever changing, adapting to its time and circumstances. The question is, over the last 5000 years, have we changed money or has money changed us?
Money tells an astonishing new story of our species. Taking the reader on an epic journey through the history of money, McWilliams reveals its fundamental role in our society.
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‘An impressive journey that fizzes with facts’ ECONOMIST
‘An eye-opening history of what makes the world go round’ EVENING STANDARD
‘David McWilliams is the best explainer of economics I know’ SIMON KUPER
‘Compelling, funny and original’ KATJA HOYER
‘If, as David McWilliams complains, economists take the fun out of money, then he is the exception that proves the rule: a man who could not write a boring sentence if he tried’ TOM HOLLAND
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9781471195440
ISBN-10: 1471195449
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Ediția:Export/Airside
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster UK
ISBN-10: 1471195449
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 153 x 234 x 26 mm
Greutate: 0.49 kg
Ediția:Export/Airside
Editura: Simon&Schuster
Colecția Simon & Schuster UK
Recenzii
‘A hugely ambitious, insightful and readable account of our relationship with money'
‘A cracking book that is as enjoyable as it is readable’
'If, as David McWilliams complains, economists take the fun out of money, then he is the exception that proves the rule: a man who could not write a boring sentence if he tried, and who, in this brilliantly informative and entertaining book, has done his subject splendid justice'
‘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’
'Equally entertaining and insightful'
'Pacey chapters make for a series of entertaining – and at times irreverent – tales which relay a story of money that we all should know!'
‘McWilliams has a great knack for bringing a complex economics story to life. He is also funny. In economics, that's a rare and persuasive combination’
‘David McWilliams is the best explainer of economics I know. Here he explains the world through money, and it’s fantastically entertaining. He's the kind of writer who makes you feel clever, because he helps you grasp things you never understood before’
‘A timely, fascinating account of how money has powered life on our planet from Ireland’s superstar economist. Money is so often shrouded in secrecy and manipulated by forces we barely understand, so it’s refreshing to read a book that traces our relationship with it with such healthy irreverence!’
‘McWilliams is charismatic, free flowing, unflaggingly engaging’
‘If there's one person who can turn an economic history of the world into a page turner, it's David McWilliams. This book makes a compelling, funny and original case for the idea that money does indeed make the world go round’
‘A tour de force of economic history that manages to be erudite, authoritative and engaging . . . His account is peppered with memorably colourful - and sometimes spicy - details that will grab the attention of experts and lay people alike . . . After reading this, you will never look at your bank account in the same way again’
'A fun history of money told through the stories of the chancers, cheats, scoundrels and geniuses through the ages who made it happen . . . We take money for granted. Not the amounts of it, but just the fact that it works. This book is a great way to figure out why, and how it shapes the world around us’
‘A cracking book that is as enjoyable as it is readable’
'If, as David McWilliams complains, economists take the fun out of money, then he is the exception that proves the rule: a man who could not write a boring sentence if he tried, and who, in this brilliantly informative and entertaining book, has done his subject splendid justice'
‘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’
'Equally entertaining and insightful'
'Pacey chapters make for a series of entertaining – and at times irreverent – tales which relay a story of money that we all should know!'
‘McWilliams has a great knack for bringing a complex economics story to life. He is also funny. In economics, that's a rare and persuasive combination’
‘David McWilliams is the best explainer of economics I know. Here he explains the world through money, and it’s fantastically entertaining. He's the kind of writer who makes you feel clever, because he helps you grasp things you never understood before’
‘A timely, fascinating account of how money has powered life on our planet from Ireland’s superstar economist. Money is so often shrouded in secrecy and manipulated by forces we barely understand, so it’s refreshing to read a book that traces our relationship with it with such healthy irreverence!’
‘McWilliams is charismatic, free flowing, unflaggingly engaging’
‘If there's one person who can turn an economic history of the world into a page turner, it's David McWilliams. This book makes a compelling, funny and original case for the idea that money does indeed make the world go round’
‘A tour de force of economic history that manages to be erudite, authoritative and engaging . . . His account is peppered with memorably colourful - and sometimes spicy - details that will grab the attention of experts and lay people alike . . . After reading this, you will never look at your bank account in the same way again’
'A fun history of money told through the stories of the chancers, cheats, scoundrels and geniuses through the ages who made it happen . . . We take money for granted. Not the amounts of it, but just the fact that it works. This book is a great way to figure out why, and how it shapes the world around us’
Descriere
For readers of SAPIENS and Yanis Varoufakis, the definitive story of money and how it shaped humankind from influential global economist David McWilliams