{"product_id":"money-the-true-story-of-a-made-up-thing-paperback","title":"Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJacob Goldstein\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe co-host of the popular NPR podcast \u003ci\u003ePlanet Money \u003c\/i\u003eprovides 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.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eMoney only works because we all agree to believe in it. In \u003ci\u003eMoney\u003c\/i\u003e, 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.\u003cbr\u003eAt 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.\u003cbr\u003eOne 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.\u003cbr\u003eLively, accessible, and full of interesting details (like the 43-pound copper coins that 17th-century Swedes carried strapped to their backs), \u003ci\u003eMoney\u003c\/i\u003e is the story of the choices that gave us money as we know it today.\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacob Goldstein\u003c\/b\u003e is the host of the podcast \u003ci\u003eWhat's Your Problem?\u003c\/i\u003e Previously, he hosted NPR's \u003ci\u003ePlanet Money \u003c\/i\u003efor more than a decade. His work has appeared in the \u003ci\u003eNew York Times Magazine\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThis American Life, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eMorning Edition\u003c\/i\u003e, and he was a reporter at the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eMiami Herald\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eBozeman Daily Chronicle\u003c\/i\u003e. He is a graduate of Stanford University and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism. He lives, perhaps inevitably, in Brooklyn with his wife and two children.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.25 x 5.52 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 04, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766049276192,"sku":"9780316417204","price":18.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/ba392db9e22fbbe7ee83818f8ffd34d6.webp?v=1780284503","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/money-the-true-story-of-a-made-up-thing-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}