Description
Money is the object of our desires, the engine of our ingenuity and perhaps the world’s greatest invention. Whether we like it or not, our world revolves around money, yet we rarely stop to consider what it is, where it comes from or whether it can run out. In this informative, sometimes irreverent and often surprising journey through the history of money, economist David McWilliams explores the relationship between people and money, from counting rods in ancient Africa to coins in republican Greece, from mathematics in the medieval Arab world to the French Revolution, and from the emergence of the American dollar to today’s cryptocurrencies and beyond. Along the way, readers meet many figures who innovated in money and transformed human society through a continuous process of monetary development lasting five thousand years. McWilliams reveals the secrets and power of money, explains why it matters and shows how it shapes our world.
Information
Author: McWilliams David
Language: Czech
Publication date: November 25, 2024
Manufacturer: Dr. Aleš Lederer
Genres: Books, Specialized and technical literature, Social sciences, Economics
Type: Hardcover book
Pages: 368
ISBN/EAN: 9788072606153