A Quick History Of Money

Author : Clive Gifford
Publisher : Quick Histories
ISBN 13 : 0711262756
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Quick History of Money written by Clive Gifford and published by Quick Histories. This book was released on 2021-07-20 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Quick History of Money takes us from barter to Bitcoin, packed with facts and jokes about how and why money works… and sometimes doesn’t.

Author : Jack Weatherford
Publisher : Crown Currency
ISBN 13 : 0307556743
Total Pages : 305 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Money written by Jack Weatherford and published by Crown Currency. This book was released on 2009-09-23 with total page 305 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “If you’re interested in the revolutionary transformation of the meaning and use of money, this is the book to read!”—Charles R. Schwab Cultural anthropologist Jack Weatherford traces our relationship with money, from primitive man’s cowrie shells to the electronic cash card, from the markets of Timbuktu to the New York Stock Exchange. The History of Money explores how money and the myriad forms of exchange have affected humanity, and how they will continue to shape all aspects of our lives—economic, political, and personal. “A fascinating book about the force that makes the world go round—the dollars, pounds, francs, marks, bahts, ringits, kwansas, levs, biplwelles, yuans, quetzales, pa’angas, ngultrums, ouguiyas, and other 200-odd brand names that collectively make up the mysterious thing we call money.”—Los Angeles Times

Author : Martin Jenkins
Publisher : Candlewick Press
ISBN 13 : 0763674125
Total Pages : 58 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The History of Money written by Martin Jenkins and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2014-08-05 with total page 58 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With clarity and humor, Martin Jenkins and Satoshi Kitamura take readers on a fascinating tour of the history of money. What can take the form of a stone with a hole in the middle, a string of shells, a piece of paper, or a plastic card? The answer is money, of course. But when did we start using it? And why? What does money have to do with writing? And how do taxes and interest work? From the Stone Age to modern banking, this lighthearted and engaging account traces the history of the stuff that makes the world go round.

Author : Clive Gifford
Publisher : Wide Eyed Editions
ISBN 13 : 0711264368
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.66/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Quick History of Money written by Clive Gifford and published by Wide Eyed Editions. This book was released on 2021-07-13 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is a $5 note worth $5? Where do coins come from? What do banks actually do? All this and so much more is answered in A Quick History of Money, a crash course from cash cows to cryptocurrency. Money might sound all grown-up and serious, but the history of buying, selling, saving, and stealing is full of crazy stories and unbelievable facts. A Quick History of Money is here to show you the silly side, as well as give you the lowdown on the important stuff like interest, stocks and shares, and wealth inequality. You will discover: How the earliest societies got by without a penny in their pockets. Why gold gets all the glory. How the first banks started making money from money. Who invented the first banknotes and the concept of ‘fiat’ money. The craziest money-making cons of all time, from shaving coins to selling the Eiffel Tower… twice. How wealth is measured in the modern-day. History’s most expensive money mistakes. What money might look like in the future. Great tips for slick saving and smart spending. Plus, read about the world’s weirdest wonga, from the four-tonne stones used as currency on the island of Yap, to teacups and sea shells in ancient Asia, to beaver pelts in colonial Canada. Learn how hyperinflation leads to some mind-blowing money math, like the Bitcoins used to buy two pizzas in 2010 that would be worth over $90 million today. Test your knowhow with a quiz at the back of the book. Packed with facts and jokes, the latest in the Quick Histories series takes us on a chronological tour from cashless societies to… cashless societies, proving that while it might make the world go round, money sure is funny.

Author : Clive Gifford
Publisher : Quick Histories
ISBN 13 : 071126032X
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.20/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Quick History of Politics written by Clive Gifford and published by Quick Histories. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Quick History of Politics takes us from pharaohs to fair votes, packed with facts and jokes about the many faces of politics through time.

Author : Clive Gifford
Publisher : Wide Eyed Editions
ISBN 13 : 0711258376
Total Pages : 131 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Quick History of the Universe written by Clive Gifford and published by Wide Eyed Editions. This book was released on 2020-03-31 with total page 131 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Quick History of the Universe takes a whistlestop tour through - funnily enough - the history of the universe, from the Big Bang to right now. The narrative text and cartoons cover all you need to know about space, forces and physics.

Author : Jacob Goldstein
Publisher : Hachette Books
ISBN 13 : 0316417181
Total Pages : 220 pages
Book Rating : 4.81/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Money written by Jacob Goldstein and published by Hachette Books. This book was released on 2020-09-08 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.

Author : Carl Menger
Publisher : Cosimo Classics
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)

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Download or read book On the Origin of MONEY written by Carl Menger and published by Cosimo Classics. This book was released on with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the Origins of Money is a discussion of the history of money and currency, from its crudest form as cowrie shells, animal pelts, and salt in early societies to the coin and paper money we use today. Rather than focusing on the type or shape of the money, author and economist Carl Menger looks at the reasons behind monetary exchange and why money is so valuable (or where it gets its inherent value). His argument centers on the "saleableness" of the goods or commodities being sold-in other words, the more "saleable" (or valuable or in demand) an item is, the more money it is worth. Hence, money gets its value from the objects it pays for. This short work is an insightful look into the history and value of money for any student or professional economist.

Author : Clive Gifford
Publisher : Wide Eyed Editions
ISBN 13 : 0711249032
Total Pages : 130 pages
Book Rating : 4.35/5 ( download)

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Download or read book A Quick History of Math written by Clive Gifford and published by Wide Eyed Editions. This book was released on 2021-04-06 with total page 130 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Maths + history + jokes - boring bits = A Quick History of Maths. This book begins around 43,000 years ago with a notched baboon leg, the Lebombo bone (the very first mathematical object in the world) and rushes us past Hindu numerals and the invention of zero, via Pythagoras, Pascal and probability, right up to the present day, with big data and the maths that rules our digital lives. Geometri-cool! You will discover: How to count on your fingers (there are more ways than you might think!) Why we have 60 seconds in a minute (hint: it’s to do with the ancient Babylonians) How to count like an Egyptian (using hieroglyphs) Why it’s hip to be square using square numbers A Pythagorean party trick The naked truth of Archimedes’ bath time mathematics How to do matha-magic with magic squares …and much more. In chronological order from pre-history to present day, this is the story of maths itself. It’s 43,000 years of human mathematical endeavor squeezed into one book for your reading pleasure. Illustrated with funny cartoons and packed with fascinating facts, you’ll be laughing and learning how to be a better mathematician.

Author : Suze Orman
Publisher : Penguin
ISBN 13 : 9781573222976
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Money Book for the Young, Fabulous & Broke written by Suze Orman and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2005 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the worlds most trusted experts on personal finance comes a "route planner," identifying easy moves to get young people on the road to financial recovery and within reach of their dreams.