2. The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson. If you want to know the scope of this book, recommended by Harvard economist ...

This is the basis of the monetary system that prevails throughout the world today under the reign of the Almighty Dollar. Grab a Copy Easy Money: American Puritans and the Invention of Modern Currency ...

THE European money crisis only dramatized what many experts have long regarded as an unassailable dictum: the free world’s monetary system is overdue for an overhaul. That system—the ...

THEORETICAL calls and even practical attempts to return to one or another form of the gold standard have not ceased since its collapse in 1971, when then US president Richard Nixon abandoned the ...

Money (See Cover) In Washington late this month, 2,000 men from 102 countries will gather to discuss what is probably the world's most fascinating, most widely, talked about—and most ...

The Bretton Woods system, established in the ruins of a world left devastated by World War II, was a set of international monetary arrangements that aimed to promote economic stability and growth ...

Mellody Hobson, the trailblazing president and co-CEO of Ariel Investments, is set to unveil her debut children’s book, “Priceless Facts About Money,” this fall.

Margaret McDonald says being raised working-class in Glasgow meant she was often self-deprecating and doubtful of her writing abilities.At school, she said it was embarrassing to try and succeed at ...

The subtitle of “The Money Kings: The Epic Story of the Jewish Immigrants Who Transformed Wall Street and Shaped Modern America” by Daniel Schulman is full of promise. It also sells this ...

There are so many systems at play meant to keep you "bad at money." And yet we are raised, and we see so much financial education material that is intent on making us believe that we are 100% of ...

In simple terms, BIS’ blueprint proposes that all private property in the real world, such as money, houses, cars, etc., would be “tokenized” into digital assets within an “everything in one place” ...

This article is part of our Summer reads series. Visit the full collection for book lists, guest essays and more seasonal distractions. MONEY PREDATES history. Before the ancient Mesopotamians ...