Money: The Fifth Element
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Money. It’s as fundamental to our lives as air, water, fire and earth. It is the fifth element, without which humankind would struggle to survive.Now, global economist David McWilliams has written a brilliantly original book exploring our relationship with money and how it sustains the existence of civilisation as we know it. In Money , McWilliams aims to do for cash what David Attenborough did for the to unlock its mysteries, its limitations and its awesome power. We journey all across the world, through the present and the past, to survey the ever-evolving dynamics of money in a way that has never been seen before. We’ll go from the birthplace of money in the Middle East to where trade began along the silk road to China; we’ll explore markets from Marrakech to Wall Street . We’ll uncover the dawn of our relationship with money and track its history to more fully understand man’s current relationship with it, and its impact on the world right now.The story of money is the story of modernity . It’s the story of our desires, our genius and our downfalls, and has shaped the very essence of what it means to be human. And yet despite money’s primacy, most of us don’t truly understand it. Where does money come from? How much is out there? Who controls it? Nothing we’ve invented as a species has defined our own evolution so thoroughly and changed the direction of our planet’s history so dramatically. Money is power – and power beguiles, power sparkles and power unleashes our deepest cravings.So then, the story of Money is the story of earth’s most inventive, destructive and dangerous animal, Homo Sapiens. Our story.
Publisher : Simon Schuster UK (September 1, 2023)
Language : English
Paperback : 352 pages
ISBN-10 : 1471195449
ISBN-13 : 978-1471195440
Item Weight : 1.08 pounds
Dimensions : 5.91 x 1.14 x 9.09 inches
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Seldom –
Like “Guns, Germs, &Steel” but about money
Who would have guessed that a well documented book could make Sumerian tablets this much fun?Ordering the book was a hassle though. My copy came from the UK and while the seller was helpful the USPS shipping partner sat on it for weeks. Order was placed 10/6 and it arrived 10/28.
Dimitreus Tsiorvas –
The real deal
Just buy it and enjoy it! Do yourself the courtesy. Congrats 🙂
Nadim Chaudhry –
Itâs an amazing read about something Iâve personally always thought was pretty mundane and almost sinful.Yet McWilliams skill, something he has honed from with highly successful podcast, is that he renders the mundane and indeed obtuse into something revelatory, exciting and interesting.Here we learn what a humanity defining technology money truly is and as with all tech is following itâs own development path.
Rw Lawson –
I am currently reading the recently published book entitled âMoney: A Story of Humanityâ by David McWilliams. It could be a very dry subject but this is an eminently readable tome on not just how money in the form of coin came into use but the way credit developed to finance commerce.It is particularly good on how the Roman empire developed due to financial innovation but how it later proved to be one of the causes of its downfall. An eminently readable book and a subject worth understanding for anyone who has financial investments.Roger Lawson
MR S FARRELL –
Just love this book as it really gets to the centre of what the impact of money has been on countless societies over the last two millennia. Couldnât recommend this book enough!
Frank Drebin –
A very enjoyable read which will really get you thinking about money and its magic power