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 ...

The film explores the evolution of money from barter systems to modern banking, showcasing a conversation between a new security guard and a maintenance manager at a bank. They discuss the functions ...

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 ...

1: Mesopotamia, Greece and Egypt -- 2: The Roman World -- 3: Medieval Europe -- 4: The Islamic Lands -- 5: India and South-East Asia -- 6: China and the East -- 7: The Early Modern Period -- 8: Africa ...