A history of money

Table of contents

Introduction
Chapter 1 : The Nature and Origins of Money And Barter
Chapter 2 : From Primitive and Ancient Money to the Invention of Coinage, 3000 - 6000 BC
Chapter 3 : The Development of Greek and Roman Money, 600 BC - AD 410
Chapter 4 : The Penny and the Pound in Medieval European Money, 410 - 1485
Chapter 5 : The Expansion of Trade and Finance, 1485 - 1640
Chapter 6 : The Birth and Early Growth of British Banking, 1640 - 1789
Chapter 7 : The Ascendancy of Sterling, 1789 - 1914
Chapter 8 : British Monetary Development in the Twentieth Century
Chapter 9 : American Monetary Development Since 1700
Chapter 10 : Aspects of Monetary Development in Europe and Asia
Chapter 11 : Money and Debt in Developing Nations During the Twentieth and Twenty-First Centuries
Chapter 12 : Further Towards a Global Currency 1990 - 2015
Chapter 13 : Conclusion: The Role of Money in a Global Economy
Bibliography
Index

A History of Money looks at how money as we know it developed through time. Starting with the barter system, the basic function of exchanging goods evolved into a monetary system based on coins made up of precious metals and, from the 1500s onwards, financial systems were established through which money became intertwined with commerce and trade, to settle by the mid-1800s into a stable system based upon Gold. This book presents its closing argument that, since the collapse of the Gold Standard, the global monetary system has undergone constant crisis and evolution continuing into the present day.

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