A History Of Money

Author : Jack Weatherford
Publisher : Crown Currency
Page : 305 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780307556745

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“If you’re interested in the revolutionary transformation of the meaning and use of money, this is the book to read!”—Charles R. Schwab Cultural anthropologist Jack Weatherford traces our relationship with money, from primitive man’s cowrie shells to the electronic cash card, from the markets of Timbuktu to the New York Stock Exchange. The History of Money explores how money and the myriad forms of exchange have affected humanity, and how they will continue to shape all aspects of our lives—economic, political, and personal. “A fascinating book about the force that makes the world go round—the dollars, pounds, francs, marks, bahts, ringits, kwansas, levs, biplwelles, yuans, quetzales, pa’angas, ngultrums, ouguiyas, and other 200-odd brand names that collectively make up the mysterious thing we call money.”—Los Angeles Times

Author : Glyn Davies
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 854 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2010-09-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781783162765

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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.

Author : Glyn Davies
Publisher : University of Wales Press
Page : 1463 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2016-05-15
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781783163113

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A History of Money looks at how money as we know it developed through time. Starting with the barter system, the basic function of exchanging goods evolved into a monetary system based on coins made up of precious metals and, from the 1500s onwards, financial systems were established through which money became intertwined with commerce and trade, to settle by the mid-1800s into a stable system based upon Gold. This book presents its closing argument that, since the collapse of the Gold Standard, the global monetary system has undergone constant crisis and evolution continuing into the present day.

Author : Akinobu Kuroda
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 229 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2020-03-23
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781000054576

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A Global History of Money by Akinobu Kuroda Pdf

Looking from the 11th century to the 20th century, Kuroda explores how money was used and how currencies evolved in transactions within local communities and in broader trade networks. The discussion covers Asia, Europe and Africa and highlights an impressive global interconnectedness in the pre-modern era as well as the modern age. Drawing on a remarkable range of primary and secondary sources, Kuroda reveals that cash transactions were not confined to dealings between people occupying different roles in the division of labour (for example shopkeepers and farmers), rather that peasants were in fact great users of cash, even in transactions between themselves. The book presents a new categorization framework for aligning exchange transactions with money usage choices. This fascinating monograph will be of great interest to advanced students and researchers of economic history, financial history, global history and monetary studies.

Author : Martin Jenkins
Publisher : Candlewick Press
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Release : 2014-08-05
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780763674120

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With clarity and humor, Martin Jenkins and Satoshi Kitamura take readers on a fascinating tour of the history of money. What can take the form of a stone with a hole in the middle, a string of shells, a piece of paper, or a plastic card? The answer is money, of course. But when did we start using it? And why? What does money have to do with writing? And how do taxes and interest work? From the Stone Age to modern banking, this lighthearted and engaging account traces the history of the stuff that makes the world go round.

Author : Murray Newton Rothbard
Publisher : Ludwig von Mises Institute
Page : 512 pages
File Size : 45,6 Mb
Release : 2002
Category : Banks and banking
ISBN : 9781610164351

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History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II, A by Murray Newton Rothbard Pdf

Author : John F Chown
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 317 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 1994-05-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781134775781

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This book presents a detailed and surprising history of money from Charlemagne's reform in approximately AD800 to the end of the Silver Wars in 1896. It also summarizes twentieth century developments and places them in their historical context.

Author : Jacob Goldstein
Publisher : Hachette Books
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2020-09-08
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780316417181

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Money by Jacob Goldstein Pdf

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.

Author : Clement Liew,Peter Wilson
Publisher : Editions Didier Millet
Page : 440 pages
File Size : 46,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : Money
ISBN : 9811821291

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A History of Money in Singapore by Clement Liew,Peter Wilson Pdf

This is the story of the money used from pre-colonial times to the present day on the island we know as Singapore. This signature book describes the multiplicity of currencies that have been used in and around the island over the centuries, and how these culminate in the Singapore dollar today. The authors trace the impact, sometimes dramatic, of political and economic events and technological forces shaping these currencies. Singapore has followed its own development path, from the days when, in the first few decades of the colonial settlement, local merchants resisted currency reforms imposed on the island by the East India Company. Greater monetary autonomy was achieved in the second half of the 19th century when Singapore became a Crown colony in its own right. The drive towards self-representation culminated in full internal self-government in 1959, independence from British colonial rule in 1963 as part of the Federation of Malaysia, and the status of a sovereign nation in 1965. The introduction of Singapore's own currency in 1967 was a national milestone. In 1971, Singapore established the Monetary Authority of Singapore with the sovereign power to undertake monetary policy as it deemed most appropriate. Money has evolved from coins minted from precious metals to those struck from baser metals, to notes issued first by commercial banks and later by governments. The journey from commodity-based money to a purely fiat money has unfolded in parallel. The use of money in its electronic and more 'weightless' forms has also become increasingly common. The powerful effects this trend will have on the nature of money and banking are still unfolding. All these issues, and more, are examined in this book, published to mark the 50th anniversary of the founding of Singapore's central bank, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), in January 1971.

Author : Niall Ferguson
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2008-11-13
Category : History
ISBN : 9781440654022

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The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson Pdf

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.

Author : Frank L. Holt
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 2021
Category : ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES
ISBN : 9780197517659

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When Money Talks by Frank L. Holt Pdf

"Money may seem hopelessly mundane and culturally meaningless, but it has dominated--and documented--world history since the time of the ancient Greeks. This heavily illustrated book provides a spirited account of the first coinages and their living descendants in our pockets and purses. It explains how people from Jesus to The Beatles have used numismatics to explore the social, political, economic, and religious history of the world"--

Author : Debra J. Housel
Publisher : Teacher Created Materials
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2012-01-30
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 1433336812

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Buy It! History of Money by Debra J. Housel Pdf

A history of currency explores its invention, how paying for objects has changed over time, and different types of coins and paper money from around the world.

Author : John F. Chown
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 322 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Credit
ISBN : 9780415102797

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A History of Money by John F. Chown Pdf

Introduces monetary history: money as coin, the development of credit and banking, and inconvertible paper money.

Author : Mike Thornton
Publisher : Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,6 Mb
Release : 2016-12-11
Category : Money
ISBN : 154107582X

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History of Money by Mike Thornton Pdf

"Since the emergence of debit and credit cards, many of us pay little mind to our finances and hardly think of money anymore. But currency, whether by cash or debit, is the driving force of our lives. We use it to feed ourselves and our loved ones, buy or rent a place to live, buy clothing and other necessities, and pay for transportation from one location to the other. We trust the system, even though we don't fully understand it. With History of Money: Financial History: From Barter to "Bitcoin"--An Overview of Our: Economic History, Monetary System, & Currency Crisis you'll learn all the basics including: how and why money replaced the barter system in much of the world, what commodities served as currency before modern money was invented, how banking and money evolved alongside each other, why and how money plays a role in the world's major conflicts, about the rise and fall of the Gold Standard, what money, and debt, actually is and how it's created and measured, about the emergence of cryptocurrencies such as Bitcoin, a wealth of trivia and fun facts about money. This book is more than a history book. You'll also learn a few fun facts along the way such as how the Knights Templar helped develop the modern banking system and why the island of Yap used giant donut-shaped stones as currency." - back cover

Author : Joe Cribb
Publisher : Knopf Books for Young Readers
Page : 72 pages
File Size : 45,7 Mb
Release : 1990
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 0679804382

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Money by Joe Cribb Pdf

Text and photographs trace the evolution of the written word, how the alphabet grew out of pictures, the development of papermaking, bookbinding, children's books, and more.