Money The Unauthorised Biography

<p><b>What is money, and how does it work?</b><br><br>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. <br><br>Unfortunately, there is a problem with this story. It’s wrong. And not just wrong, but dangerous.<br> <i>Money: the Unauthorised Biography</i> unfolds a panoramic secret history and explains the truth about money: what it is, where it comes from, and how it works.<br><br>Drawing on stories from throughout human history and around the globe, <i>Money</i> 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.</p>