The history of money a story of humanity
"In this fresh, eye-opening global history, economist David McWilliams charts the relationship between humans and money-from clay tablets in Mesopotamia to cryptocurrency in Silicon Valley. The story of humanity is inextricable from that of money. No innovation has defined our own evolution so thoro...
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| Language: | English |
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New York :
Henry Holt and Company,
[2025]
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| Edition: | First U.S. edition. |
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Table of Contents:
- Part 1: Ancient Money
- Money in the Beginning
- By the Rivers of Babylon
- From Contracts to Coins
- Money and the Greek Mind
- The Empire of Credit
- Part 2: Medieval Money
- Twilight of the Feudal Economy
- Saracen Magic
- Darkness into Light
- God's Printer
- Part 3: Revolutionary Money
- Invisible Money
- The Father of Monetary Economics
- The Bishop of Money
- Money and the American Republic
- Part 4: Modern Money
- Empiricism and the Evolutionary Economy
- Money on Trial
- Yellow Brick Road
- Modernist Money
- Into the Abyss
- Part 5: Money Unbound
- Who Controls Money?
- The Psychology of Money
- The Evolution of Money.
