The History of Money
by Jack Weatherford · first published 1998
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In his most widely appealing book yet, one of today's leading authors of popular anthropology looks at the intriguing history and peculiar nature of money, tracing our relationship with it from the time when primitive men exchanged cowrie shells to the imminent arrival of the all-purpose electronic cash card. 320 pp. Author tour. National radio publicity. 25,000 print.From the Hardcover edition.
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Jack Weatherford's book on the history of money was pretty good. Lots of tracing the transitional periods as valuables give way to abstractions give way to further abstractions on the abstraction-- and documenting where they chafe (reliably, they do).…
on “It's time for us in the tech world to speak out about cryptocurrency” ↗So strange that currency isn’t considered something useful. I’d recommend “The History of Money” by Weatherford. Innovation in monetary and financial systems are directly connected to human progress and an integral part of it. I’d propose in 20-30 years legacy fiat currency advocates will carry…
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