Author: Felix Martin Rank: Rating: Original Rating: Pop Rating: Genres/categories: Business, Economics, Non Fiction, History
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ISBNs: 9780345803559 9781847922335 0345803558 1847922333 |
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The conventional answer is that people once used sugar in the West Indies, tobacco in Virginia, and dried cod in Newfoundland, and that today's financial universe evolved from barter. Unfortunately, there is a problem with this story. It's wrong. And not just wrong, but dangerous. unfolds a panoramic secret history and explains the truth about money: what it is, where it comes from, and how it works. Drawing on stories from throughout human history and around the globe, will radically rearrange your understanding of the world and shows how money can once again become the most powerful force for freedom we have ever known.
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