A Quick History of Money takes us from barter to Bitcoin, packed with facts and jokes about how and why money works… and sometimes doesn’t.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Clive Gifford has traveled to more than 70 countries, climbed rocket launch towers, ridden on robots, and flown gliders. He's had more than 200 books published and has received nominations for or won Royal Society, School Library Association, Smithsonian, and TES awards. He won the Blue Peter Book Award for Best Book with Facts 2019 for his title The Colors of History (QEB). Clive lives in Manchester, UK. Rob Flowers channels his love for ghoulish characters, psychedelic colours, and anthropomorphic food into his bright and brilliant work. To the backdrop of a hoard of vintage action figures and Happy Meal toys, he creates his illustrations that embody this obvious love for humour and characters. His books for Wide Eyed Editions include A Quick History of the Universe and A Quick History of Money.
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Introduction A time before money - How early people managed without money It's a Gift - Presents in the past Swap Shop - All about bartering Cow much? - Stores of value All that Glitters - Gold and silver Shelling Out - Selling for seashells Mesopotamia's got talent[s] - Marvelous Mesopotamian money Owe no! - Pouches, priests, and promises to pay Very Interesting - Simple and compound interest Coining it - The world’s first coins Coins catch on - Countries go coin-crazy Don't bank on it- Banks in ancient Greece Slave to money - Debt slavery in the ancient world Funding fights - The currency of the Roman Empire Roman Rises - Money mayhem in ancient Rome Fine time - Blood money in Dark Ages Europe China's changing currencies - Cowries and coins in ancient China Flying cash - The invention of paper money Stone-cold rich - BIG money on the island of Yap World's wealthiest - Mansa Musa’s many millions What a rotta! - Numbers and banks in Renaissance Italy Families and florins - The Medicis make a killing Taking stock - All about stocks and shares Cocoa, cotton, and copper - Aztecs, Incas, and empires Super silver - Second-best? Not in the Spanish Empire. Paper problem solvers - Paper gets popular Coin clippers - Crafty currency criminals National banks - The first central banks Cashing in - Rothschild gets rich Minted! - The first coin-making machines An upsetting business - How coins are created today The greenback - The mighty one-dollar bill Mark my words - Hyperinflation after World War I Making money - Faking it with a famous forger Crash! - The Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression Wealth of nations - Getting to grips with GDP Opportunity knox - The US’s fortified gold reserves Put it on plastic - The first credit cards Playing with plastic - New notes in Australia Holes in the wall - All about ATMs Microbanks - Big ideas for starting small Beyond banks - Crowdfunding and P2P lending Euro most welcome - Currency unions and the euro Making money from money - Commemorative coins Feeling reserved - Fractional reserve banking The global financial crisis - 2008 and the Great Recession Bitcoin begins - The wild world of cryptocurrencies Rich and poor - Wealth and inequality The end of hard cash? - Digital dollars and contactless cards Future money - What lies in store for money and - how we use it? Timeline Money and you! Buy, bye, bye Money mishaps Money quiz Taking things further - Further reading and resources GLOSSARY INDEX
Introduction A time before money - How early people managed without money It's a Gift - Presents in the past Swap Shop - All about bartering Cow much? - Stores of value All that Glitters - Gold and silver Shelling Out - Selling for seashells Mesopotamia's got talent[s] - Marvelous Mesopotamian money Owe no! - Pouches, priests, and promises to pay Very Interesting - Simple and compound interest Coining it - The world’s first coins Coins catch on - Countries go coin-crazy Don't bank on it- Banks in ancient Greece Slave to money - Debt slavery in the ancient world Funding fights - The currency of the Roman Empire Roman Rises - Money mayhem in ancient Rome Fine time - Blood money in Dark Ages Europe China's changing currencies - Cowries and coins in ancient China Flying cash - The invention of paper money Stone-cold rich - BIG money on the island of Yap World's wealthiest - Mansa Musa’s many millions What a rotta! - Numbers and banks in Renaissance Italy Families and florins - The Medicis make a killing Taking stock - All about stocks and shares Cocoa, cotton, and copper - Aztecs, Incas, and empires Super silver - Second-best? Not in the Spanish Empire. Paper problem solvers - Paper gets popular Coin clippers - Crafty currency criminals National banks - The first central banks Cashing in - Rothschild gets rich Minted! - The first coin-making machines An upsetting business - How coins are created today The greenback - The mighty one-dollar bill Mark my words - Hyperinflation after World War I Making money - Faking it with a famous forger Crash! - The Wall Street Crash and the Great Depression Wealth of nations - Getting to grips with GDP Opportunity knox - The US’s fortified gold reserves Put it on plastic - The first credit cards Playing with plastic - New notes in Australia Holes in the wall - All about ATMs Microbanks - Big ideas for starting small Beyond banks - Crowdfunding and P2P lending Euro most welcome - Currency unions and the euro Making money from money - Commemorative coins Feeling reserved - Fractional reserve banking The global financial crisis - 2008 and the Great Recession Bitcoin begins - The wild world of cryptocurrencies Rich and poor - Wealth and inequality The end of hard cash? - Digital dollars and contactless cards Future money - What lies in store for money and - how we use it? Timeline Money and you! Buy, bye, bye Money mishaps Money quiz Taking things further - Further reading and resources GLOSSARY INDEX
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