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Wheelan, Charles J.
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Money -- History.
Finance -- History.
Inflation (Finance)
Deflation (Finance)
Banks and banking, Central.
Foreign exchange rates.
Banks and banking -- History.
Gold standard.
Bitcoin.
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Wheelan, Charles J.
Money -- History.
Finance -- History.
Inflation (Finance)
Deflation (Finance)
Banks and banking, Central.
Foreign exchange rates.
Banks and banking -- History.
Gold standard.
Bitcoin.
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Naked money : a revealing look at what it is and why it matters / Charles Wheelan.
by
Wheelan, Charles J.
W.W. Norton & Company, [2016]
Call #:
332.4 W561n
Subjects
Money -- History.
Finance -- History.
Inflation (Finance)
Deflation (Finance)
Banks and banking, Central.
Foreign
exchange
rates
.
Banks and banking -- History.
Gold standard.
Bitcoin.
ISBN:
9780393069020 (hc.)
0393069028 (hc.)
Edition:
First edition.
Description:
xx, 348 pages ; 25 cm
Bibliography:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
What it is. What is money? ; Inflation and deflation ; The science, art, politics, and psychology of prices ; Credit and crashes ; Central banking ;
Exchange
rates
and the global financial system ; Gold -- Why it matters. A quick tour of American monetary history ; 1929 and 2008 ; Japan ; The Euro ; The United States and China ; The future of money ; Doing central banking better.
Summary:
It has no more value, as a simple slip of paper, than Monopoly money. What makes a $20 bill actually worth twenty dollars? The author of Naked Statistics and Naked Economics explores the colorful world of money and banking. How money creation is used to counter financial crises, why the shared European currency has caused so much trouble and how Bitcoin will impact the future.
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332.4 W561n
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