Money

Reviews / Votes

Brilliant... A fascinating new way of telling the story of what money is -- John Lanchester * Guardian * A superb synthesis...a lucid, colourful introduction to 3,000 years of monetary history... So replete with literary and historical examples that the story almost tells itself -- Martin Sandbu * Financial Times * Magnificent - hugely imaginative, clear, coherent -- Robert Skidelsky Fizzing with ideas * Sunday Telegraph * Compulsively readable * New York Times * A most accessible and thrilling read. If you want to read just one book about money, this is it -- Ha-Joon Chang If you don't know about economics, this is a really good introduction...gets right to the heart of it -- Misha Glenny It's a wealth of understanding for understanding wealth * Esquire * Combines breadth of scholarship with a wealth of practical experience in tackling the most elusive of economic subjects - the nature of money -- John Kay Martin's remarkable book, Money, is economic history - and indeed cultural anthropology - with a difference... His sparkling book is worth taking seriously -- Raymond Tallis * Prospect *