02981cam a2200493 i 4500 21463188 BJBSDDR 20241112132226.0 a|||||r|||| 00| 0 ta 200309s2020 nyua b 000 0 eng 2020010462 9781590517185 (hardcover) 1590517180 (hardcover) 9781590517192 (ebook) DLC eng DLC rda DLC eng pcc HG 221 K21m 2020 332.4/9 Kaufman, Frederick, 1961- 39317 The money plot : a history of currency's power to enchant, control, and manipulate / Frederick Kaufman. New York : Other Press, 2020. 285 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-285). "Half fable, half manifesto, this brilliant new take on the ancient concept of cash lays bare its unparalleled capacity to empower, enchant, and control us. 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. The Money Plot 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 other people's money"-- Provided by publisher. Money History. Dinero Historia 7857 Banks and banking History. Bancos y banca Historia 2241 Commerce History. Comercio Historia 36013 Precious metals. Metales preciosos 39460 Bitcoin. Bitcoin (Moneda electrónica) 6869 Online version: Kaufman, Frederick, The money plot New York : Other Press, 2020. 9781590517192 (DLC) 2020010463 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 122376 122376 0 0 lcc 0 0 CS BJB BJB CS 2024-10-31 0 HG 221 K21m 2020 00000186690 2024-10-31 00:00:00 1 2024-10-31 BK