{"product_id":"money-a-story-of-humanity","title":"Money: A Story of Humanity","description":"\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMONEY.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe object of our desires.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe engine of our genius.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eHumanity's greatest invention.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhether we like it or not, our world revolves around money, but we rarely stop to think about it. What is money, where does it come from, and can it run out? What is this substance that drives trade, revolutions and discoveries; inspires art, philosophy and science?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIn this illuminating, sometimes irreverent, and often surprising journey, economist David McWilliams charts the relationship between humans and money - from a tally stick in ancient Africa to coins in Republican Greece, from mathematics in the medieval Arab world to the French Revolution, and from the emergence of the US dollar right up to today's cryptocurrency and beyond. Along the way, we meet a host of characters who have innovated with money, disrupting society and changing the way we live, in an ongoing monetary evolution that has, for the last 5000 years, animated human progress.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMcWilliams unlocks the mysteries and power of money, explaining why it matters and how it shapes our world. The story of money is the story of earth's most inventive, destructive, and dangerous animal: Homo sapiens. It is our story.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp style=\"text-align: justify;\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e'McWilliams has a great knack for bringing a complex economics story to life. He is also funny. In economics, that's a rare and persuasive combination'\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eIrish Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEconomics - Finance - Business and Management, History and Archaeology\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePaperback\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eDavid McWilliams\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e416 pages\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eH: 234mm W: 153mm Spine: 26mm\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44152059592854,"sku":"9781471195440","price":42.99,"currency_code":"NZD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0587\/4978\/0118\/files\/jacket--6_834f7583-55a1-4697-b9be-8eff9b821b16.jpg?v=1728347260","url":"https:\/\/www.tawabooksandpost.co.nz\/products\/money-a-story-of-humanity","provider":"Tawa Books \u0026 Post","version":"1.0","type":"link"}