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Coined : the rich life of money and how its history has shaped us

Title: Coined : the rich life of money and how its history has shaped us / Kabir Sehgal.
Author: Sehgal, Kabir.
Publication: New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2015.

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Description

x, 317 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Summary

"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. "--
"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"--

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Call Number

JBE 15-340

ISBN

LCCN

2014045984

OCLC

2014045984

Author

Sehgal, Kabir.

Title

Coined : the rich life of money and how its history has shaped us / Kabir Sehgal.

Publisher

New York : Grand Central Publishing, 2015.

Edition

First edition.

Type of Content

text

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Bibliography

Includes bibliographical references (pages 259-302) and index.

Research Call Number

JBE 15-340

JFE 16-8368