Money was one of man's greatest inventions. But we have become its slaves. Felix Martin takes us to the heart of society's misunderstanding of money and sets us straight.
Felix Martin was educated in the UK, Italy and the US, and holds degrees in classics, international relations and economics, including a D.Phil. in Economics from Oxford University. He worked for the World Bank and for the European Stability Initiative think tank, and is currently a partner in the fixed income division at Liontrust Asset Management plc.
Brilliant… A fascinating new way of telling the story of what money
is
*Guardian*
A superb synthesis...a lucid, colourful introduction to 3,000 years
of monetary history... So replete with literary and historical
examples that the story almost tells itself
*Financial Times*
Magnificent – hugely imaginative, clear, coherent
*Robert Skidelsky*
Fizzing with ideas
*Sunday Telegraph*
Compulsively readable
*New York Times*
A most accessible and thrilling read. If you want to read just one
book about money, this is it
*Ha-Joon Chang*
If you don’t know about economics, this is a really good
introduction…gets right to the heart of it
*Misha Glenny*
It’s a wealth of understanding for understanding wealth
*Esquire*
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