Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing by Jacob Goldstein

Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing

Jacob Goldstein

272 pages first pub 2020 (editions)

nonfiction economics history informative medium-paced

Description

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 a...

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