Humans invented money from nothing so why can't we live without it? And why does no one
understand what it really is? In this lively tour through the centuries Jacob Goldstein charts
the story of this paradoxical commodity exploring where money came from why it matters and
whether bitcoin will still exist in twenty years. Full of interesting stories and quirky facts
- from the islanders who used huge stones as a means of exchange to the merits of universal
basic income - this is an indispensable handbook for anyone curious about how money came to
make the world go round.
