Sean Watson’s Reviews > The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World > Status Update

Most books don’t try to pin down the true nature of how things work. The ones that do are generally trying to pursued readers that it’s a way that it’s not. More specifically, the humanities don’t drive history and are generally a flashy item to the true power source. This is one of the rare books that taps into the true power source, and without the nauseous moral statements of today’s academic activists.

Fascinating insights about shorting the pound.