Money

The greatest story ever sold. Money is an epic, breathlessly entertaining exploration of how money has shaped human history. In it, renowned global economist David McWilliams charts the most ground-breaking monetary innovations and moments in time, from coinage in Ancient Greece to paper money in medieval China, from the gold standard in 19th century America to digital currency today. Money reveals to us our desires, our genius and our downfalls. Nothing we’ve invented as a species has defined our own evolution so thoroughly and changed the direction of our planet’s history so dramatically. And yet despite money’s primacy, most of us don’t truly understand it. In his witty, lively and accessible style, McWilliams unlocks the mysteries and the awesome power of money: what it is, how it works and why it matters. Because the story of money is the story of us: earth’s most inventive, destructive and dangerous animal.