Money. The fascinating story of the most revered and cursed invention of humanity
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It is included in the top 10 best books in the category Economics and Business according to Publishers Weekly.
Jacob Goldstein is an economic observer of the New York Times and the leading Planet Money podcast. Previously, he worked as a reporter at Wall Street Journal and other large media of the United States. A graduate of Standford University and the Higher School of Journalism of Colombian University.
The appearance of money is a much more confusing, intriguing and bloody story, in which Santa Claus and murder is involved.
Find out how money actually arose is the best way to understand their nature. Is it possible, having printed trillions of new bills, to defeat inflation? Will it be possible to create a free market for money with cryptocurrencies, the prototype of which once existed in the USA? What will be the currency of the future?
This book is an action -packed chronicle of the most ingenious, scandalous and crazy experiments in the history of money. You will go on the road that you made the banknotes from Barter and the first paper receipt to quasi -like and cryptocurrency. From the British blacksmiths, replacing the first bankers to the Luddites, who lost the war of cars. Jacob Goldstein offers to figure out how we became the “hostages” of the existing financial system and what future awaits us
Jacob Goldstein is an economic observer of the New York Times and the leading Planet Money podcast. Previously, he worked as a reporter at Wall Street Journal and other large media of the United States. A graduate of Standford University and the Higher School of Journalism of Colombian University.
The appearance of money is a much more confusing, intriguing and bloody story, in which Santa Claus and murder is involved.
Find out how money actually arose is the best way to understand their nature. Is it possible, having printed trillions of new bills, to defeat inflation? Will it be possible to create a free market for money with cryptocurrencies, the prototype of which once existed in the USA? What will be the currency of the future?
This book is an action -packed chronicle of the most ingenious, scandalous and crazy experiments in the history of money. You will go on the road that you made the banknotes from Barter and the first paper receipt to quasi -like and cryptocurrency. From the British blacksmiths, replacing the first bankers to the Luddites, who lost the war of cars. Jacob Goldstein offers to figure out how we became the “hostages” of the existing financial system and what future awaits us
Author:
Author:Гольдштейн Джейкоб
Cover:
Cover:Hard
Category:
- Category:Biographies & Memoirs
Publication language:
Publication Language:Russian
Paper:
Paper:Offset
Age restrictions:
Age restrictions:16+
ISBN:
ISBN:978-5-04-155028-8
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