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The True Story of a Made-Up Thing

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Money

Auteur(s): Jacob Goldstein
Narrateur(s): Jacob Goldstein
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 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. Monde Sociologie Argent Services bancaires Spirituel Modern Money Theory

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Ce que les critiques en disent

A Publishers Weekly Top 10 Selection in Business & Economics
"Jacob Goldstein is a lucid, entertaining explainer of all things economic."
—Ira Glass, host and executive producer of "This American Life"
"A sweeping new history....Money is fast-paced and chatty: We meet all the characters an academic book would include, their ideas and innovations blended with scandal and gossip to propel the story along. The effect is a history of currency full of astonishing tales you might tell a friend in the pub....This story gets to the heart of why money matters....Money should be required reading for every financial regulator....Money is great preparation for turbulent times: a vibrant and accessible grounding in how the evolution of cash -- organic, random, and social -- really works."
—The New York Times
"Jacob Goldstein makes the complexities of economics and monetary policy not just comprehensible, but also genuinely fascinating. Charting the history of money becomes a lens through which to understand human history, and how we arrived at now."—John Green, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down and The Fault in Our Stars
"Jacob Goldstein of 'Planet Money' has a remarkable gift for making complicated economic issues beguilingly simple. He has written a wonderfully entertaining, freewheeling history of money, told with all the verve and wit and smart insights that have made his NPR show such a success."—Liaquat Ahamed, author of Pulitzer Prize winner Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World
"With shrewd observations and snappy anecdotes, Goldstein... shows how currency may be humanity's most successful fiction."—The New York Times (Editor's Choice)
"This is largely an optimistic book... money might be the one thing that we all still believe in....There's very little moralizing in [the] book."
—NPR "Morning Edition"
"It's no surprise that money has taken us on some wild rides over the centuries. In Money, Goldstein invites readers along for those adventures, serving as a first-rate tour guide throughout."
—Columbia magazine
"It is rare for a work on a subject so fraught with interpretation and misinterpretation to be both funny and accessible, beautiful and conversational, but Goldstein's Money hits the bullseye in every respect. It made me look at my wallet and its musty contents with fresh eyes. A must-read."
—Gary Shteyngart, author of the New York Times bestsellers Little Failure and Super Sad True Love Story
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Avid Planet Money listeners should be forewarned that much of the book comes from episodes of that podcast. Despite having heard a lot of the content before, I found the book to be worth the credit I paid for it.

Good book

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This book listens like a podcast. That might not be a surprise for listeners of Planet Money. But I don't take that for granted, other popular podcasters have not be able to translate the same smooth listening into audiobook form. The content is interesting and the narration engaging. This book is worth it.

Excellent

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Enjoyed it. Very interesting rundown of the evolution of money along with interesting historical examples. Recommended

Nice instructive.

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Written in the typically clear, animated and sardonic Goldstein style that makes Jacob’s Planet Money episodes such a delight to listen to, this book is equally, if not more, enjoyable.

If you love Planet Money and Jacob Goldstein you will love this book.

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This book is a great companion to other investing books. This gives the broad and specific context of how and why money exists. This speaks to the overall psychology and mindset surrounding money, helpful during market booms and drawdowns. This is a new favourite of mine and will be listened to during times of market turbulence.

Great Narrative and Overview

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