|
Books > Business & Economics > Economics
|
Buy Now
Money - A Story of Humanity (Paperback)
Loot Price: R447
Discovery Miles 4 470
|
|
|
Money - A Story of Humanity (Paperback)
 (sign in to rate)
Loot Price R447
Discovery Miles 4 470
Expected to ship within 10 - 15 working days
|
MONEY.
The object of our desires.
The engine of our genius.
Humanity’s greatest invention.
Whether we like it or not, our world revolves around money, but we
rarely stop to think about it. What is money, where does it come from,
and can it run out? What is this substance that drives trade,
revolutions and discoveries; inspires art, philosophy and science?
In this illuminating, sometimes irreverent, and often surprising
journey, economist David McWilliams charts the relationship between
humans and money – from a tally stick 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 US dollar right up to
today’s cryptocurrency and beyond. Along the way, we meet a host of
characters who have innovated with money, disrupting society and
changing the way we live, in an ongoing monetary evolution that has,
for the last 5000 years, animated human progress.
McWilliams unlocks the mysteries and power of money, explaining why it
matters and how it shapes our world. The story of money is the story of
earth’s most inventive, destructive, and dangerous animal: Homo
sapiens. It is our story.
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.
Welcome to Loot.co.za!
Sign in / Register |Wishlists & Gift Vouchers |Help | Advanced search
(1)
(6)
