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abigailhartnett's review against another edition
informative
medium-paced
5.0
An easy to follow overview of money/currency, how it came to be, and how it works. Interesting and fun read!
waynediane's review against another edition
4.0
While it was a little light on detail- how do your write a book about money following the historical path way way way back. The best chapter by far was explaining bitcoin crypto currency. Similar material is in the planet money podcast .
kirkdean547's review against another edition
5.0
Quite helpful for someone who has little knowledge of the concept of money outside of it being able to buy me things. Nice to hear about some of the more modern theories of money-including when and how printing more would increase inflation. Drags on a little bit about Bitcoin-but I’m personally not interested in that and you might be.
saraanneb3's review against another edition
3.0
The historical part was interesting but as it gets into modern time it becomes less clear and less interesting
bel017's review against another edition
I took a sleeping tablet and melatonin, and sat down to read a chapter of this book about economics before bed ... then stayed up late reading about 1920s fiscal policy in the US.
Which is to say, this was a surprisingly engaging brief history of money in some of the the largest political forces of the day. While (perhaps unintentionally) aimed at a US audience, various European nations and China are discussed as Goldstein tracks money from the earliest examples to metals to paper to government intervention to electronic money.
I particularly enjoyed learning about the study on how much artificial light an average worker could afford through history. Fascinating.
Which is to say, this was a surprisingly engaging brief history of money in some of the the largest political forces of the day. While (perhaps unintentionally) aimed at a US audience, various European nations and China are discussed as Goldstein tracks money from the earliest examples to metals to paper to government intervention to electronic money.
I particularly enjoyed learning about the study on how much artificial light an average worker could afford through history. Fascinating.
freckleduck's review against another edition
3.0
While an interesting read this book didn’t provide me with much insights or new ways of thinking. I think I just know too much about the topic.