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Money in One Lesson - How it Works and Why (Hardcover)
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Money in One Lesson - How it Works and Why (Hardcover)
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You Spend It. You Save It. You Never Have Enough of It. But how
does money actually work? Understanding cash, currencies and the
financial system is vital for making sense of what is going on in
our world, especially now. Since the 2008 financial crisis, money
has rarely been out of the headlines. Central banks have launched
extraordinary policies, like quantitative easing or negative
interest rates. New means of payment, like Bitcoin and Apple Pay,
are changing how we interact with money and how governments and
corporations keep track of our spending. Radical politicians in the
US and UK are urging us to transform our financial system and make
it the servant of social justice. And yet, if you stopped for a
moment and asked yourself whether you really understand how it
works, would you honestly be able to say 'yes'? In Money in One
Lesson, Gavin Jackson, a lead writer for the Financial Times,
specialising in economics, business and public policy, answers the
most important questions to clarify for the reader what money is
and how it shapes our societies. With brilliant storytelling,
Jackson provides a basic understanding of the most important
element of our everyday lives. Drawing on stories like the 1970s
Irish Banking Strike to show what money actually is, and the Great
Inflation of West Africa's cowrie shell money to explain how it
keeps its value, Money in One Lesson demystifies the world of
finance and explains how societies, both past and present, are
forever entwined with monetary matters.
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