Author: James HarveyPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385548772
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.
Paper Money. The Money of Civilization. An Issue by the State, and a Legal Tender in Payment of Taxes
Author: James HarveyPublisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3385548772
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Reprint of the original, first published in 1877.
Money
Author: Jacob GoldsteinPublisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 0316417181
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book 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 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.
The Currency Conflict
Author: Jacob William SchuckersPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Currency question
Languages : en
Pages : 40
Book Description
Paper Money, the Money of Civilization
Author: James Harvey (of Liverpool.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Currency question
Languages : en
Pages : 266
Book Description
Financial pamphlets
Author: Classical Political Economy and Modern Theory
Author: Neri SalvadoriPublisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1136639403
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 455
Book Description
Heinz Kurz is recognised internationally as a leading economic theorist and a foremost historian of economic thought. This book pays tribute to his outstanding contributions by bringing together a unique collection of new essays by distinguished economists from around the world. Classical Political Economy and Modern Theory comprises twenty essays, grouped thematically into five sections. Part I examines political economy and its critique, Part II looks at entrepreneurship, evolution and income distribution, Part III discusses Cambridge, Keynes and macroeconomics, Part IV explores crisis and cycles, whilst Part V is dedicated to personal reminiscences. The essays in this book will be an invaluable source of inspiration for economists interested in economic theory and in the evolution of economic thought. They will also be of interest to postgraduate and research students specialising in economic theory and in the history of economic thought.
Paper Money, the Money of Civilization
Author: James HarveyPublisher: Forgotten Books
ISBN: 9780265156933
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 262
Book Description
Excerpt from Paper Money, the Money of Civilization: An Issue by the State, and a Legal Tender in Payment of Taxes It requires faith in the power of truth to attempt to stem this worship of gold, which Sir John Sinclair truly describes as a delirium and an infatuation. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Sound Currency
Author: The End of Money and the Future of Civilization
Author: Thomas GrecoPublisher: Chelsea Green Publishing
ISBN: 160358224X
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 282
Book Description
Like the proverbial fish who doesn’t know what water is, we swim in an economy built on money that few of us comprehend, and, most definitely, what we don’t know is hurting us. Very few people realize that the nature of money has changed profoundly over the past three centuries, or—as has been clear with the latest global financial crisis—the extent to which it has become a political instrument used to centralize power, concentrate wealth, and subvert popular government. On top of that, the economic growth imperative inherent in the present global monetary system is a main driver of global warming and other environmental crises. The End of Money and the Future of Civilization demystifies the subjects of money, banking, and finance by tracing historical landmarks and important evolutionary shifts that have changed the essential nature of money. Greco’s masterful work lays out the problems and then looks to the future for a next stage in money’s evolution that can liberate us as individuals and communities from the current grip of centralized and politicized money power. Greco provides specific design proposals and exchange-system architectures for local, regional, national, and global financial systems. He offers strategies for their implementation and outlines actions grassroots organizations, businesses, and governments will need to take to achieve success. Ultimately, The End of Money and the Future of Civilization provides the necessary understanding— for entrepreneurs, activists, and civic leaders—to implement approaches toward monetary liberation. These approaches would empower communities, preserve democratic institutions, and begin to build economies that are sustainable, democratic, and insulated from the financial crises that plague the dominant monetary system.
000-899
Author: Carnegie Library of PittsburghPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Classified catalogs (Dewey decimal)
Languages : en
Pages : 1004
Book Description