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Money : the unauthorised biography / Felix Martin.

by Martin, Felix, 1974-

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Alfred A. Knopf, 2014.

Money -- History.

First American edition.

viii, 320 p. : ill. ; 25 cm

Originally published in Great Britain under the title Money: The Unauthorized Biography by The Bodley Head, a division of Random House, London, in 2013.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

"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."--From publisher.

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