MONEY

AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK THE INTERNATIONAL 1 BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2024 NON FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR A WATERSTONES NON FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE OBSERVER ECONOMIST FINANCIAL TIMES AND PROSPECT A breathtaking expansive and imaginative ride through the history and future of money from an author who truly understands it PROFESSOR BRIAN COX Exceptional FINANCIAL TIMES A cracking book that is as enjoyable as it is readable PETER FRANKOPAN Equally entertaining and insightful YANIS VAROUFAKIS MONEY The object of our desires The engine of our genius Humanity s greatest invention From clay tablets in Mesopotamia to today s cryptocurrency global economist David McWilliams takes us on an epic journey of innovation disruption and transformation that is an astonishing new history of our species The question is over 5 000 years have we changed money or has money changed us A fun history of money told through the stories of the chancers cheats scoundrels and geniuses who made it happen KATIE MARTIN An impressive journey that fizzes with facts ECONOMIST An eye op