Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible
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"[A] magnificent history of money and finance."—New York Times Book Review
"Convincingly makes the case that finance is a change-maker of change-makers."—Financial Times
In the aftermath of recent financial crises, it's easy to see finance as a wrecking ball: something that destroys fortunes and jobs, and undermines governments and banks. In Money Changes Everything, leading financial historian William Goetzmann argues the exact opposite—that the development of finance has made the growth of ...
"Convincingly makes the case that finance is a change-maker of change-makers."—Financial Times
In the aftermath of recent financial crises, it's easy to see finance as a wrecking ball: something that destroys fortunes and jobs, and undermines governments and banks. In Money Changes Everything, leading financial historian William Goetzmann argues the exact opposite—that the development of finance has made the growth of ...






















