<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[subject results for "Money — History."]]></title><description><![CDATA[subject results for "Money — History."]]></description><link>https://gateway.bibliocommons.com/v2/libraries/stavely/rss/search?query=%22Money%20%E2%80%94%20History.%22&amp;searchType=subject&amp;origin=core-catalog-explore&amp;view=grouped</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 11 Mar 2026 21:39:08 GMT</lastBuildDate><item><title><![CDATA[Sacred Economics]]></title><description><![CDATA["Sacred Economics traces the history of money from ancient gift economies to modern capitalism, revealing how the money system has contributed to alienation, competition, and scarcity, destroyed community, and necessitated endless growth. Today, these trends have reached their extreme--but in the wake of their collapse, we may find great opportunity to transition to a more connected, ecological, and sustainable way of being. This book is about how the money system will have to change--and is already changing--to embody this transition. A broadly integrated synthesis of theory, policy, and practice, Sacred Economics explores avant-garde concepts of the New Economics, including negative-interest currencies, local currencies, resource-based economics, gift economies, and the restoration of the commons. Author Charles Eisenstein also considers the personal dimensions of this transition, speaking to those concerned with "right livelihood" and how to live according to their ideals in a world seemingly ruled by money. Tapping into a rich lineage of conventional and unconventional economic thought, Sacred Economics presents a vision that is original yet commonsense, radical yet gentle, and increasingly relevant as the crises of our civilization deepen"--]]></description><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3087072</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3087072</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Eisenstein, Charles]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3087072040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Money, Gift, &amp; Society in the Age of Transition</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781583943977/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Almightier]]></title><description><![CDATA["The complete story of how we came to worship money, and how we can stop greed from destroying everything. The pursuit of wealth is considered an essential function of human nature, and greed is an unspoken civic virtue. Many of us revere billionaires and Wall Street rain-makers, then complain about "the system" being rigged, and wonder why the country doesn't seem to work for the little guy anymore. Some blame the Deep State for income inequality and corruption, and others blame capitalism, but the truth is that these issues have much deeper roots: our devotion to money is a man-made invention that has transformed over thousands of years to replace religion as the foundation of our society, and it is tearing civilization apart. In The Almightier, journalist Paul Vigna uncovers the forgotten history of money, tracing the uneasy and often accidental alliance between wealth and religion as it developed from ancient city-states to today's secular world, where religious devotion has receded and greed has stepped in to fill the void. Through engaging anecdotes, original research, and fresh perspectives on the causes of the many challenges we face today, Vigna makes a compelling argument that money has no power apart from the power we give it. We can build a better future, where we don't need to choose between helping others and getting ahead. But we can't repair the damage that greed has done until we understand how it took over our world in the first place"--]]></description><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3869303</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3869303</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Vigna, Paul]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3869303040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>How Money Became God, Greed Became Virtue, and Debt Became Sin</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781250343284/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money]]></title><description><![CDATA["What is money anyway, and where and why did it originate? According to Jacob Goldstein, this made-up thing has evolved over centuries and takes different forms based on technological advances, the needs of society, and often the crazy ideas of outliers on the fringes. Told through witty, historical anecdotes, Goldstein demystifies this ever-evolving tool from the invention of the first coins in Mesopotamia, to how China invented paper money centuries before it appeared in the west, how at one point in Sweden men carried giant "coins" on their backs to pay for goods, to the gold standard, pound sterling, origins of the Euro, mutual funds, bitcoin and a cashless society. Money presents entertaining tales of fascinating characters who fundamentally changed our monetary systems such as Genghis Khan, John Law, a convicted murderer and professional gambler, the Luddites, and the anarchist cyberpunks who created bitcoin. Through these major movements we see the rise and fall of various financial institutions: central banks, the stock market, the Federal Reserve, and the shadow institutions like Lehman Brothers that helped create the financial crisis of 2008. Lively and accessible and full of interesting tidbits (the word "banker" comes from the Venetian "bench sitters"--Or "banchieri"-of the 1600s who guarded the gold) Goldstein looks at the evolution of money (whose definition appears to be, if we all agree it's money, then it is money) and confronts its true purpose and who it is supposed to be for"--]]></description><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3124638</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3124638</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Goldstein, Jacob]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2020 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3124638040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The True Story of A Made-up Thing</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780316417198/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money Art]]></title><description><![CDATA[Guided by historians, art collectors, economists, and artists, this documentary travels through history, revealing the unique relationship between money and art.]]></description><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C2772938</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C2772938</guid><category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2018 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/2772938040</comments><format>DVD</format><subtitle>An Uneasy Alliance</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=&amp;upc=818506023405</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Naked Money]]></title><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C1932247</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C1932247</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wheelan, Charles J.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2016 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1932247040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Revealing Look at What It Is and Why It Matters</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780393069020/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Coined]]></title><description><![CDATA[The importance of money in our lives is readily apparent to everyone--rich, poor, and in between. However grudgingly, most of us accept the expression "Money makes the world go round" as a universal truth. We are all aware of the power of money--how it influences our moods, compels us to take risks, and serves as the yardstick of success in societies around the world. Yet because we take the daily reality of money so completely for granted, we seldom question how and why it has come to play such a central role in our lives. In Coined: The Rich Life of Money And How Its History Has Shaped Us, author Kabir Sehgal casts aside our workaday assumptions about money and takes the reader on a global quest to uncover a deeper understanding of the relationship between money and humankind. More than a mere history of its subject, Coined probes the conceptual origins and evolution of money by examining it through the multiple lenses of disciplines as varied as biology, psychology, anthropology, and theology. Coined is not only a profoundly informative discussion of the concept of money, but it is also an endlessly fascinating and entertaining take on the nature of humanity and the inner workings of the mind.]]></description><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3096873</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3096873</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Sehgal, Kabir]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2015 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3096873040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Rich Life of Money and How Its History Has Shaped Us</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781455578528/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Death of Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[The international monetary system has collapsed three times in the past hundred years, in 1914, 1939, and 1971. Each collapse was followed by a period of tumult: war, civil unrest, or significant damage to the stability of the global economy. Now James Rickards, the acclaimed author of Currency Wars, shows why another collapse is rapidly approaching--and why this time, nothing less than the institution of money itself is at risk. The American dollar has been the global reserve currency since the end of the Second World War. If the dollar fails, the entire international monetary system will fail with it. No other currency has the deep, liquid pools of assets needed to do the job. Optimists have always said, in essence, that there's nothing to worry about--that confidence in the dollar will never truly be shaken, no matter how high our national debt or how dysfunctional our government. But in the last few years, the risks have become too big to ignore. While Washington is gridlocked and unable to make progress on our long-term problems, our biggest economic competitors--China, Russia, and the oil producing nations of the Middle East--are doing everything possible to end U.S. monetary hegemony. The potential results: Financial warfare. Deflation. Hyperinflation. Market collapse. Chaos.]]></description><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C1356919</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C1356919</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Rickards, James]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1356919040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Coming Collapse of the International Monetary System</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781591846703/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Gold]]></title><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C1279958</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C1279958</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Hart, Matthew]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1279958040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Race for the World&apos;s Most Seductive Metal</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780670065882/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Money]]></title><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C1356995</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C1356995</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Martin, Felix]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2013 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1356995040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The Unauthorised Biography</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780385678674/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The End of Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[The story of hard currency-- its history, conflicts, champions, detractors, and eventual demise. As the role of bills and coins in our everyday lives and in the economy lessens, real money is becoming not merely an abstraction, but an abstraction of an abstraction. What will an increasingly cashless future mean for society, and for the people whose careers are linked to the production, management, and collection of hard currency? This is their story, but it is also our story-- because the fate of real money impacts all of our wallets.]]></description><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C1204250</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C1204250</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Wolman, David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2012 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1204250040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Counterfeiters, Preachers, Techies, Dreamers-- and the Coming Cashless Society</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780306818837/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[Debt]]></title><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C1042836</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C1042836</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Graeber, David]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Mon, 31 Jan 2011 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1042836040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>The First 5,000 Years</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781933633862/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ascent of Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bestselling author, economist and historian Niall Ferguson takes a look at how money evolved, from the concept of credit and debt in the Renaissance to the emergence of a global economy and the subprime crisis we face today.]]></description><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C677341</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C677341</guid><category><![CDATA[DVD]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 31 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/677341040</comments><format>DVD</format><subtitle>Boom and Bust</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780793670512/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=&amp;upc=841887010528</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ascent of Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labor. But historian Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. What's more, he reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history. Through Ferguson's expert lens, for example, the civilization of the Renaissance looks very different: a boom in the market for art and architecture made possible when Italian bankers adopted Arabic mathematics. The rise of the Dutch republic is reinterpreted as the triumph of the world's first modern bond market over insolvent Habsburg absolutism. Yet the central lesson of financial history is that, sooner or later, every bubble bursts.--From publisher description.]]></description><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C517824</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C517824</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ferguson, Niall]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/517824040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>A Financial History of the World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781594201929/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Ascent of Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[<b>The 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and cryptocurrency<br>"[An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis." <b>—<i>The Washington Post</i></b><br><i><br></i>"Fascinating." <b>—Fareed Zakaria, </b><i><b>Newsweek</b><br></i></b><br>In this updated edition, Niall Ferguson brings his classic financial history of the world up to the present day, tackling the populist backlash that followed the 2008 crisis, the descent of "Chimerica" into a trade war, and the advent of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, with his signature clarity and expert lens. <br>  <br> <i>The Ascent of Money</i> reveals finance as the backbone of history, casting a new light on familiar events: the Renaissance enabled by Italian foreign exchange dealers, the French Revolution traced back to a stock market bubble, the 2008 crisis traced from America's bankruptcy capital, Memphis, to China's boomtown, Chongqing. We may resent the plutocrats of Wall Street but, as Ferguson argues, the evolution of finance has rivaled the importance of any technological innovation in the rise of civilization. Indeed, to study the ascent and descent of money is to study the rise and fall of Western power itself.]]></description><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C455768</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S980C455768</guid><category><![CDATA[EBOOK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ferguson, Niall]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 31 Jan 2008 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/455768980</comments><format>EBOOK</format><subtitle>A Financial History of the World</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781440654022/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[World Monetary Units]]></title><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C208660</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C208660</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Berlin, Howard M.]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 31 Jan 2006 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/208660040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>An Historical Dictionary, Country by Country</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780786420803/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Cash Nexus]]></title><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C334326</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C334326</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Ferguson, Niall]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2001 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/334326040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Money and Power in the Modern World, 170-2000</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780465023257/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[What Is Money?]]></title><description><![CDATA["A series to build strong financial habits early on in life! How can I make money? What is inflation? What is the difference between a debit card and a credit card? Economics - and more specifically, money - play such a large role in our lives. Yet there are many mysteries and misconceptions surrounding the basic concepts of finance and smart money management. This A True Book series offers students the know-how they'll need to start on the road to financial literacy - a crucial skill for today's world. Interesting information is presented in a fun, friendly way - and in the simplest terms possible - which will enable students to build strong financial habits early on in life. Understanding how society progressed from the barter system to currency - and how that money works in the global economy - are just two critical financial literacy skills that all kids should have. Did you know that the first paper currency appeared more than 1,200 years ago? Or that the currency of the future will likely be digital? Learn all this and more in What Is Money? - a book that starts kids on  the road to financial literacy"--Provided by publisher.]]></description><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3413337</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3413337</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Green, Alicia]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3413337040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>Bartering, Cash, Cryptocurrency ... and Much More!</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9781339004877/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Quick History of Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[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.]]></description><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3118617</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C3118617</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Gifford, Clive]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2021 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/3118617040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>From Bartering to Bitcoin</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780711262751/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item><item><title><![CDATA[The History of Money]]></title><description><![CDATA[A lighthearted chronicle of the history of money covers topics ranging from currency forms and the relationship between money and writing to the way taxes work and the practices of modern banking systems.]]></description><link>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C1498090</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/v2/record/S40C1498090</guid><category><![CDATA[BK]]></category><category><![CDATA[eng]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[Jenkins, Martin]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2014 00:00:00 GMT</pubDate><comments>https://stavely.bibliocommons.com/item/comment/1498090040</comments><format>BK</format><subtitle>From Bartering to Banking</subtitle><language>eng</language><image_url>https://secure.syndetics.com/index.aspx?isbn=9780763667634/MC.GIF&amp;client=chinookarch&amp;type=xw12&amp;oclc=</image_url></item></channel></rss>