Money: The Story of Humanity

Who would have guessed that a well documented book could make Sumerian tablets this much fun?Ordering the book was a hassle though. My copy came from the UK and while the seller was helpful the USPS shipping partner sat on it for weeks. Order was placed 10/6 and it arrived 10/28.

Mac has pulled together a real tour de force of a book, in equal parts fascinating and funny.

It’s an amazing read about something I’ve personally always thought was pretty mundane and almost sinful.Yet McWilliams skill, something he has honed from with highly successful podcast, is that he renders the mundane and indeed obtuse into something revelatory, exciting and interesting.Here we learn what a humanity defining technology money truly is and as with all tech is following it’s own development path.

Reading this history gives you insights from similar events from history - an eye opener into current events. There is nothing new under the sun!

I am currently reading the recently published book entitled “Money: A Story of Humanity” by David McWilliams. It could be a very dry subject but this is an eminently readable tome on not just how money in the form of coin came into use but the way credit developed to finance commerce.It is particularly good on how the Roman empire developed due to financial innovation but how it later proved to be one of the causes of its downfall. An eminently readable book and a subject worth understanding for anyone who has financial investments.Roger Lawson