a story of humanity McWilliams, David 1966- creator Lewis, Michael writer of foreword text enk London Simon & Schuster 2024 monographic eng xv, 400 pages, 16 pages of unnumbered plates : illustrations (black and white and color), maps (black and white) ; 24 cm Money: A Story of Humanity traces the history of money from its earliest origins in Mesopotamia to modern cryptocurrencies, showing how it has shaped human societies. McWilliams presents money not just as an economic tool, but as a social technology that enables trade, cooperation, and the building of complex civilizations. For readers of SAPIENS and Yanis Varoufakis, the definitive story of money and how it shaped humankind from influential global economist David McWilliams. Part 1: Ancient Money Money in the beginning By the Rivers of Babylon From contracts to coins Money and the Greek mind The empire of credit Part 2: Medieval Money Twilight of the feudal economy Saracen magic Darkness into night God’s printer Part 3: Revolutionary Money Invisible money The father of monetary economics The bishop of money Money and the American Republic Part 4: Modern Money Empiricism and the evolutionary economy Money on trial Yellow Brick Road Modernist money Into the abyss David McWilliams ; foreword by Michael Lewis. Dinero Historia HG 231 M478m 2024 9781471195440 1471195449 251127 20260420155643.0 eng