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Money Changes Everything

Author : William N. Goetzmann
Publisher : Princeton University Press
ISBN 13 : 0691178372
Total Pages : 598 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (911 download)

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Download or read book Money Changes Everything written by William N. Goetzmann and published by Princeton University Press. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 598 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[A] magnificent history of money and finance."—New York Times Book Review "Convincingly makes the case that finance is a change-maker of change-makers."—Financial Times In the aftermath of recent financial crises, it's easy to see finance as a wrecking ball: something that destroys fortunes and jobs, and undermines governments and banks. In Money Changes Everything, leading financial historian William Goetzmann argues the exact opposite—that the development of finance has made the growth of civilizations possible. Goetzmann explains that finance is a time machine, a technology that allows us to move value forward and backward through time; and that this innovation has changed the very way we think about and plan for the future. He shows how finance was present at key moments in history: driving the invention of writing in ancient Mesopotamia, spurring the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome to become great empires, determining the rise and fall of dynasties in imperial China, and underwriting the trade expeditions that led Europeans to the New World. He also demonstrates how the apparatus we associate with a modern economy—stock markets, lines of credit, complex financial products, and international trade—were repeatedly developed, forgotten, and reinvented over the course of human history. Exploring the critical role of finance over the millennia, and around the world, Goetzmann details how wondrous financial technologies and institutions—money, bonds, banks, corporations, and more—have helped urban centers to expand and cultures to flourish. And it's not done reshaping our lives, as Goetzmann considers the challenges we face in the future, such as how to use the power of finance to care for an aging and expanding population. Money Changes Everything presents a fascinating look into the way that finance has steered the course of history.

Civilizing Money

Author : Constantine George Caffentzis
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781786806802
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book Civilizing Money written by Constantine George Caffentzis and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engaging and unique study of Enlightenment philosopher David Hume's understanding of money and his role in the rise of capitalism.

Money

Author : Jacob Goldstein
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 0316417181
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (164 download)

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Download or read book Money written by Jacob Goldstein and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The co-host of the popular NPR podcast Planet Money provides a well-researched, entertaining, somewhat irreverent look at how money is a made-up thing that has evolved over time to suit humanity's changing needs. Money only works because we all agree to believe in it. In Money, Jacob Goldstein shows how money is a useful fiction that has shaped societies for thousands of years, 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. At the heart of the story are the fringe thinkers and world leaders who reimagined money. Kublai Khan, the Mongol emperor, created paper money backed by nothing, centuries before it appeared in the west. John Law, a professional gambler and convicted murderer, brought modern money to France (and destroyed the country's economy). The cypherpunks, a group of radical libertarian computer programmers, paved the way for bitcoin. One thing they all realized: what counts as money (and what doesn't) is the result of choices we make, and those choices have a profound effect on who gets more stuff and who gets less, who gets to take risks when times are good, and who gets screwed when things go bad. Lively, accessible, and full of interesting details (like the 43-pound copper coins that 17th-century Swedes carried strapped to their backs), Money is the story of the choices that gave us money as we know it today.

Clipped Coins, Abused Words, and Civil Government

Author : GEORGE. CAFFENTZIS
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781786807687
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (76 download)

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Download or read book Clipped Coins, Abused Words, and Civil Government written by GEORGE. CAFFENTZIS and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A classic examination of John Locke's philosophy of economics, language and history.

The End of Money and the Future of Civilization

Author : Thomas Greco
Publisher : Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN 13 : 160358224X
Total Pages : 282 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (35 download)

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Download or read book The End of Money and the Future of Civilization written by Thomas Greco and published by Chelsea Green Publishing. This book was released on 2009-06-04 with total page 282 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Like the proverbial fish who doesn’t know what water is, we swim in an economy built on money that few of us comprehend, and, most definitely, what we don’t know is hurting us. Very few people realize that the nature of money has changed profoundly over the past three centuries, or—as has been clear with the latest global financial crisis—the extent to which it has become a political instrument used to centralize power, concentrate wealth, and subvert popular government. On top of that, the economic growth imperative inherent in the present global monetary system is a main driver of global warming and other environmental crises. The End of Money and the Future of Civilization demystifies the subjects of money, banking, and finance by tracing historical landmarks and important evolutionary shifts that have changed the essential nature of money. Greco’s masterful work lays out the problems and then looks to the future for a next stage in money’s evolution that can liberate us as individuals and communities from the current grip of centralized and politicized money power. Greco provides specific design proposals and exchange-system architectures for local, regional, national, and global financial systems. He offers strategies for their implementation and outlines actions grassroots organizations, businesses, and governments will need to take to achieve success. Ultimately, The End of Money and the Future of Civilization provides the necessary understanding— for entrepreneurs, activists, and civic leaders—to implement approaches toward monetary liberation. These approaches would empower communities, preserve democratic institutions, and begin to build economies that are sustainable, democratic, and insulated from the financial crises that plague the dominant monetary system.

History of Money

Author : Glyn Davies
Publisher : University of Wales Press
ISBN 13 : 1783162767
Total Pages : 1069 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (831 download)

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Download or read book History of Money written by Glyn Davies and published by University of Wales Press. This book was released on 2010-09-15 with total page 1069 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the central importance of money in the ordinary business of the life of different people throughout the ages from ancient times to the present day. It includes the Barings crisis and the report by the Bank of England on Barings Bank; information on the state of Japanese banking; and, the changes in the financial scene in the US.

Interest: Loan, Justiciable, Reckless: The Money Civilization and the Present-Day Crisis

Author : Valentin Katasonov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781478728863
Total Pages : 706 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (288 download)

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Download or read book Interest: Loan, Justiciable, Reckless: The Money Civilization and the Present-Day Crisis written by Valentin Katasonov and published by . This book was released on 2014-11-01 with total page 706 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book aims to explain the socio-economic model of the modern world. It's called by different ways: "market economy," "post-industrial society," "capitalism," etc. However, this kind of terms can't fully disclose the essence of this model. Author calls it - "the monetary civilization." It is based on usurious capital, which represented now by banks, investment funds and other finance companies. Usurious capital build the global financial pyramid, and with its help operates the majority of humanity and implements economic and political control all over the world. The book reveals the structure and functioning of the financial pyramid. It presents a historical overview of the centuries-old moneylender's struggle for power, which the author called "permanent monetary revolution." The special attention is paid to Russia, which has also been dragged into the global financial pyramid and took there one the lower floors. The book also contains an overview of alternative economic models and suggests ways to save the world from the power of moneylenders.

The Ascent of Money

Author : Niall Ferguson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1440654026
Total Pages : 498 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (46 download)

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Download or read book The Ascent of Money written by Niall Ferguson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008-11-13 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and cryptocurrency "[An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis." —The Washington Post "Fascinating." —Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek In this updated edition, Niall Ferguson brings his classic financial history of the world up to the present day, tackling the populist backlash that followed the 2008 crisis, the descent of "Chimerica" into a trade war, and the advent of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, with his signature clarity and expert lens. The Ascent of Money reveals finance as the backbone of history, casting a new light on familiar events: the Renaissance enabled by Italian foreign exchange dealers, the French Revolution traced back to a stock market bubble, the 2008 crisis traced from America's bankruptcy capital, Memphis, to China's boomtown, Chongqing. We may resent the plutocrats of Wall Street but, as Ferguson argues, the evolution of finance has rivaled the importance of any technological innovation in the rise of civilization. Indeed, to study the ascent and descent of money is to study the rise and fall of Western power itself.

The Rise of Yeast

Author : Nicholas P. Money
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0190270713
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (92 download)

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Download or read book The Rise of Yeast written by Nicholas P. Money and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2018 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nicholas Money gives us a history of our interactions with one of the most important organisms in the world--yeast.

Civilization

Author : Niall Ferguson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 1101548029
Total Pages : 432 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (15 download)

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Download or read book Civilization written by Niall Ferguson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2011-11-01 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower “A dazzling history of Western ideas.” —The Economist “Mr. Ferguson tells his story with characteristic verve and an eye for the felicitous phrase.” —Wall Street Journal “[W]ritten with vitality and verve . . . a tour de force.” —Boston Globe Western civilization’s rise to global dominance is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five centuries. How did the West overtake its Eastern rivals? And has the zenith of Western power now passed? Acclaimed historian Niall Ferguson argues that beginning in the fifteenth century, the West developed six powerful new concepts, or “killer applications”—competition, science, the rule of law, modern medicine, consumerism, and the work ethic—that the Rest lacked, allowing it to surge past all other competitors. Yet now, Ferguson shows how the Rest have downloaded the killer apps the West once monopolized, while the West has literally lost faith in itself. Chronicling the rise and fall of empires alongside clashes (and fusions) of civilizations, Civilization: The West and the Rest recasts world history with force and wit. Boldly argued and teeming with memorable characters, this is Ferguson at his very best.

The Ascent of Money

Author : Niall Ferguson
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781594201929
Total Pages : 452 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (19 download)

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Download or read book The Ascent of Money written by Niall Ferguson and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2008 with total page 452 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ferguson tells the human story behind the evolution of money, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest Wall Street upheavals. The author shows that finance is, in fact, the foundation of human progress.

Money, Prices, and Civilization in the Mediterranean World, Fifth to Seventeenth Century

Author : Carlo Maria Cipolla
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 75 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (251 download)

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Download or read book Money, Prices, and Civilization in the Mediterranean World, Fifth to Seventeenth Century written by Carlo Maria Cipolla and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 75 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Andrew Carnegie Speaks to the 1%

Author : Andrew Carnegie
Publisher : Gray Rabbit Publishing
ISBN 13 : 9781515400387
Total Pages : 34 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Andrew Carnegie Speaks to the 1% written by Andrew Carnegie and published by Gray Rabbit Publishing. This book was released on 2016-04-14 with total page 34 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Before the 99% occupied Wall Street... Before the concept of social justice had impinged on the social conscience... Before the social safety net had even been conceived... By the turn of the 20th Century, the era of the robber barons, Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) had already accumulated a staggeringly large fortune; he was one of the wealthiest people on the globe. He guaranteed his position as one of the wealthiest men ever when he sold his steel business to create the United States Steel Corporation. Following that sale, he spent his last 18 years, he gave away nearly 90% of his fortune to charities, foundations, and universities. His charitable efforts actually started far earlier. At the age of 33, he wrote a memo to himself, noting ..".The amassing of wealth is one of the worse species of idolatry. No idol more debasing than the worship of money." In 1881, he gave a library to his hometown of Dunfermline, Scotland. In 1889, he spelled out his belief that the rich should use their wealth to help enrich society, in an article called "The Gospel of Wealth" this book. Carnegie writes that the best way of dealing with wealth inequality is for the wealthy to redistribute their surplus means in a responsible and thoughtful manner, arguing that surplus wealth produces the greatest net benefit to society when it is administered carefully by the wealthy. He also argues against extravagance, irresponsible spending, or self-indulgence, instead promoting the administration of capital during one's lifetime toward the cause of reducing the stratification between the rich and poor. Though written more than a century ago, Carnegie's words still ring true today, urging a better, more equitable world through greater social consciousness.

Indian Money as a Factor in New England Civilization

Author : William Babcock Weeden
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 62 pages
Book Rating : 4.A/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Indian Money as a Factor in New England Civilization written by William Babcock Weeden and published by . This book was released on 1884 with total page 62 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Paper Money. The Money of Civilization. An Issue by the State, and a Legal Tender in Payment of Taxes

Author : James Harvey
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN 13 : 3385548772
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (855 download)

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Download or read book Paper Money. The Money of Civilization. An Issue by the State, and a Legal Tender in Payment of Taxes written by James Harvey and published by BoD – Books on Demand. This book was released on 2024-07-31 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.

Money and Civilization

Author : A.D. Mar
Publisher : Рипол Классик
ISBN 13 : 5875554150
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (755 download)

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Download or read book Money and Civilization written by A.D. Mar and published by Рипол Классик. This book was released on with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Fiat Standard

Author : Saifedean Ammous
Publisher : The Saif House
ISBN 13 : 1544526466
Total Pages : 314 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (445 download)

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Download or read book The Fiat Standard written by Saifedean Ammous and published by The Saif House. This book was released on 2021-11-09 with total page 314 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In The Fiat Standard, world-renowned economist Saifedean Ammous applies his unique analytical lens to the fiat monetary system, explaining it as a feat of engineering and technology just as he did for bitcoin in his global bestseller The Bitcoin Standard. This time, Ammous delves into the world’s earlier shift from the gold standard to today’s system of government-backed fiat money—outlining the fiat standard’s purposes and failures; deriving the wider economic, political, and social implications of its use; and examining how bitcoin will affect it over time. With penetrating insight, Ammous analyzes global political currencies by analogy to bitcoin: how they’re “mined” whenever government-guaranteed entities create loans, their lack of inherent restraints on inflation, and the rampant government intervention that has resulted in heavy, devastating, and persistent distortions to global markets for food, fuel, science, and education. Through these comparisons, Ammous demonstrates that bitcoin could be our next step forward—providing high salability across space, just like the fiat system, but without the unchecked fiat-denominated debt. Rather than a messy hyperinflationary collapse, the rise of bitcoin could look like a debt jubilee and an orderly upgrade to the world’s monetary operating system, revolutionizing global capital and energy markets.