How Money Conquered the World

Jacob Goldstein is an economic commentator for the New York Times and the host of the Planet Money podcast. He previously worked as a reporter for the Wall Street Journal and other major U.S. media outlets. A graduate of Stanford University and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. The evolution of money is a tangled, intriguing, and bloody history involving marriages and murders. They have shaped society for millennia, starting from the creation of coins in ancient Greece to the emergence of shadow banking in the 21st century. Jacob Goldstein offers to explore how money actually originated and to understand its nature. This book is the story of outstanding thinkers and world leaders who redefined money. You will learn: - Can printing trillions of new banknotes defeat inflation? - Will it be possible to create a money-free market with cryptocurrencies? - What will happen to the currency of the future?