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发表于2024-12-23
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From ancient currency to Adam Smith, from the gold standard to shadow banking and the Great Recession: a sweeping historical epic that traces the development and evolution of one of humankind’s greatest inventions.
What is money, and how does it work? In this tour de force of political, cultural and economic history, Felix Martin challenges nothing less than our conventional understanding of money. He describes how the Western idea of money emerged from interactions between Mesopotamia and ancient Greece and was shaped over the centuries by tensions between sovereigns and the emerging middle classes. He explores the extraordinary diversity of the world’s monetary systems, from the Pacific island of Yap, where value was once measured by immovable stones, to the currency of today that exists solely on globally connected computer screens. Martin shows that money has always been a deeply political instrument, and that it is our failure to remember this that led to the crisis in our financial system and so to the Great Recession. He concludes with practical solutions to our current pressing, money-based problems.
Money skips nimbly among such far-ranging topics as John Locke’s disastrous excursion into economic policy, Montesquieu’s faith in finance to discipline the power of kings, the social organization of ancient Sparta and the Soviet Union’s ill-fated attempt to abolish money and banking altogether. Throughout, Martin makes vivid sense of a chaotic and sometimes incoherent system—the everyday currency that we all share—in the clearest and most stimulating terms. This is a magisterial work of history and economics, with profound implications for the world today.
Felix Martin was educated in Britain, Italy and the United States and holds degrees in classics, international relations and economics, including a doctorate 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. He lives in London.
觉着属于最近读过最make sense的书了....推荐之....看来俺就是跟classical economists过不去 TvT
评分觉着属于最近读过最make sense的书了....推荐之....看来俺就是跟classical economists过不去 TvT
评分觉着属于最近读过最make sense的书了....推荐之....看来俺就是跟classical economists过不去 TvT
评分觉着属于最近读过最make sense的书了....推荐之....看来俺就是跟classical economists过不去 TvT
评分觉着属于最近读过最make sense的书了....推荐之....看来俺就是跟classical economists过不去 TvT
关于经济学的故事: 在Yap小岛上,人们以石轮一样的物体作为货币。当需要使用货币的时候,不需要从张家把石轮搬运到李家,而是张家和李家彼此承认货币的价值,当张家需要购买东西的时候,再找李家说明,货币也不需要从李家搬运到张家……。 在这个小岛上,人们生活所需的东西...
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评分如今社会“金钱”似乎成为了第一价值观,一切事物包括人的评判,都要以货币作为价值尺度,以至于我们穷尽一生之力都在追逐金钱,我们那么喜欢金钱,但是我们知道货币由来吗? 《货币野史》一书,恰好以颠覆性的观点向我们讲述了货币的本质以及货币的发展历史。 《货币野史》...
评分读了菲利克斯•马汀的《货币野史》,受益匪浅。先说说Felix Martin其人, 他是一个很有想法的英国人,也是一个很有趣的人。Felix Martin是牛津大学经济学博士,曾在英国、意大利以及美国求学,拥有古典学、国际关系以及经济学等多个学位,除了渊博的知识之外,他还很...
评分如今社会“金钱”似乎成为了第一价值观,一切事物包括人的评判,都要以货币作为价值尺度,以至于我们穷尽一生之力都在追逐金钱,我们那么喜欢金钱,但是我们知道货币由来吗? 《货币野史》一书,恰好以颠覆性的观点向我们讲述了货币的本质以及货币的发展历史。 《货币野史》...
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