Overview :In 1971, President Nixon imposed national price controls and took the United States off the gold standard, an extreme measure intended to en... Read More
Overview :A user-friendly guide to understanding key financial concepts, How Money Works takes a highly visual approach to this topic, using bold info... Read More
Overview :Essential reading for understanding the international economy--now thoroughly updatedLucid, accessible, and provocative, and now thoroughly ... Read More
Overview :EXPLODING THE MYTHS ABOUT MONEY. Our money system is not what we have been led to believe. The creation of money has been privatized, or tak... Read More
Overview :Consider the $20 bill.It has no more value, as a simple slip of paper, than Monopoly money. Yet even children recognize that tearing one int... Read More
Overview :You've probably heard about Bitcoin on the news or heard it being discussed by your friends or colleagues. How come the price keeps changing... Read More
Overview :In The Fiat Standard, world-renowned economist Saifedean Ammous applies his unique analytical lens to the fiat monetary system, explaining i... Read More
Overview :A Federal Reserve insider pulls back the curtain on the secretive institution that controls America's economy After correctly predicting the... Read More
Overview :Consider the $20 bill.It has no more value, as a simple slip of paper, than Monopoly money. Yet even children recognize that tearing one int... Read More
Overview :The next financial collapse will resemble nothing in history. . . . Deciding upon the best course to follow will require comprehending a min... Read More
Overview :Friedman makes clear once and for all that no one is immune from monetary economics-that is, from the effects of its theory and its practice... Read More
Overview :What is money, and how does it work? In this tour de force of political, cultural, and economic history, Felix Martin challenges nothing les... Read More
Overview :This must-read classic on currency and credit covers the three areas of key interest -- the nature of money, the value of money, and money a... Read More
Overview :Something is wrong with our banking system. We all sense that, but Mervyn King knows it firsthand; his ten years at the helm of the Bank of ... Read More
Overview :Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contribute... Read More
Overview :Recent events in the US--high unemployment, record federal deficits, and unprecedented financial distress--have raised serious doubts about ... Read More