{"product_id":"the-money-plot-a-history-from-shells-to-bullion-to-bitcoin-paperback","title":"The Money Plot: A History from Shells to Bullion to Bitcoin - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eFrederick Kaufman\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHalf fable, half manifesto, this brilliant new take on the ancient concept of cash lays bare its unparalleled capacity to empower and enthrall us.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Frederick Kaufman tackles the complex history of money, beginning with the earliest myths and wrapping up with Wall Street's byzantine present-day doings. Along the way, he exposes a set of allegorical plots, stock characters, and stereotypical metaphors that have long been linked with money and commercial culture, from Melanesian trading rituals to the dogma of Medieval churchmen faced with global commerce, the rationales of Mercantilism and colonial expansion, and the U.S. dollar's 1971 unpinning from gold. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Money Plot\u003c\/i\u003e offers a tool to see through the haze of modern banking and finance, demonstrating that the standard reasons given for economic inequality--the Neoliberal gospel of market forces--are, like dollars, euros, and yuan, contingent upon structures people have designed. It shines a light on the one percent's efforts to contain a money culture that benefits them within boundaries they themselves are increasingly setting. And Kaufman warns that if we cannot recognize what is going on, we run the risk of becoming pawns and shells ourselves, of becoming characters in someone else's plot, of becoming other people's money.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrederick Kaufman\u003c\/b\u003e, an English professor by training and profession, has for the past decade focused his attention on the fiction that is money. His unorthodox insights into the ways of Wall Street have resulted in numerous magazine articles for publications ranging from \u003ci\u003eScientific American\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eWired\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eForeign Policy\u003c\/i\u003e to \u003ci\u003eHarper's\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as television appearances on NBC, Bloomberg, Fox Business Network, and \u003ci\u003eDemocracy Now!\u003c\/i\u003e, and invitations to lecture in both the United States and Europe, including an address to the General Assembly of the United Nations.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 304\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.83 x 8.01 x 5.34 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 01, 2022\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51766160556320,"sku":"9781635423150","price":19.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/7c03699e96653deee33ab3d7f08db531.webp?v=1780286943","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-money-plot-a-history-from-shells-to-bullion-to-bitcoin-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}