We think of money these days as anything but tangible. Venmo accounts, credit and debit cards, ACH transfers—we don’t really ...

Now here is a book. It instructs and provokes and entertains. Even its mistakes are worthwhile. The secret of “The History of Money” is in the subtitle: “a story of humanity.” For David McWilliams, an ...

Learned, lively and often irreverent, David McWilliams’s “The History of Money” is rich with surprising details about currency, then and now. By Alexandra Jacobs When you purchase an independently ...

AI, like money before it, is fundamentally a coordination technology that's reorganizing society, but unlike money's gradual evolution with institutional safeguards built through centuries of struggle ...

The evolution of money is intricately tied to major developments in politics, science, and art, according to this insightful history. Economist McWilliams (The Pope’s Children) begins in ancient ...

“Imagine money falling from the sky. Would you slip a tenner into your pocket before you told anyone? Chances are, most of us would trouser a few notes rather Read Full Article » ...

This week, a look at the history of money, a delightfully inspirational tale and sci-fi at its chaotic best. For more on these and all the titles featured in your ...