Money is a history book by author Jacob Goldstein.
Popular NPR podcast co-host Planet Money offers a well-researched, entertaining, somewhat irreverent look at how money is a created thing that has evolved over time to fit needs. human change.

In Money, Jacob Goldstein shows how money is a useful fiction that has shaped society for millennia, 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.

The story is that fringe thinkers and world leaders have reimagined money. Kublai Khan, the Mongol emperor, created paper money without guarantees, centuries before it appeared in the West. John Law, a professional gambler and murdered, brings modern money to France (and destroys its economy). The Cypherpunks, a group of radical libertarian computer programmers, paved the way for bitcoin.

Those choices have a profound effect on who gets more and who gets less, and who takes risks when the times change. well, and who gets fooled when things go awry.

Money- we take it for granted, but looking at the history of money gives you a good perspective on what it is and what it isn’t. This book doesn’t get bogged down in too many technical details but makes you want to read more.

• Money

• The True Story of a Made-Up Thing
• By: Jacob Goldstein

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