For an informative and quick look into the history and influence of money, how it came to be and how it has always impacted us from time immemorial, from the ancient civilizations in Babylon to Wall Street and today's global economy - this book has it all.
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The first half of this book was a struggle for me and I was close to putting it down. I try not to stop reading when I find myself disagreeing with the author; I wanted to hear the end of the argument. There are also a number of really great reviews that kept me interested in reading the ending. Tha ...more

I think of this as a sweeping historical survey of the Credit Theory of Money. There are rich insights here, and I'll have to read it again. Five stars on that front. However, the book can also be pretty impenetrable at times (hence my needing to read it again). It definitely needs more input from a ...more

A very good book about the history of money. He begins with Babylon and the use of bronze for there coins. Over the course of time you come to the Greeks, they were still using coins but they started banks. Then the Romans who started using gold and silver coins. They also had banks but came up with ...more

I was surprised at how much I gleaned from this book. The author does a good job in establishing how money has been used throughout history. It begins with the ancients, follows the Assyrians and Babylonians, to the Persians, Greeks, Romans, and on down to the feudal system of Europe until today. Sp ...more