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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. 4.5, easy and fun read if you've had exposure to economics. Great analogies spaced throughout the book helped to reenforce core ideas (a great way to learn fwiw). I'll be trying another in this series soon! ( ) I never had economics, so this book was an eye opener. Well written, interesting sidelights that kept you reading, and very worrisome because it was written before what we are going through now. He takes you through previous financial crises and fixes, ends by saying we are getting better at this-- but I'm not sure what he'd say about the latest issues. Well worth reading! This book was an informative overview of money and its role in the global economy. The topics were filled with anecdotes and some humor which was entertaining, but sometimes became a distraction. I liked the last sections of the book on Bitcoin, Japan's decline, and China, but other parts seemed disorganized and confusing. There are several sections of the book where it would start to discuss a topic like the Great Depression and then it would say, 'more on that later'. After awhile, I had a hard time recognizing whether I had read a section or not. Overall, this book gave me a much better understanding of money and the importance of organizations like the Fed. Definitely something to read if you're curious about those topics. no reviews | add a review
"The best-selling author of Naked Statistics and Naked Economics explores the colorful world of money and banking to answer such questions as how money creation is used to counter financial crises, why the shared European currency has caused so much trouble and how Bitcoin will impact the future"--NoveList. No library descriptions found. |
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