Money in One Lesson

How it Works and Why

Gavin Jackson

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Macmillan
31 May 2022

Politics & government; Economic theory & philosophy; Monetary economics; Economic systems & structures; Financial crises & disasters

You Spend It. You Save It. You Never Have Enough of It. But how does it actually work?

Understanding cash, currencies and the financial system is vital for making sense of what is going on in our world, especially now. Since the 2008 financial crisis, money has rarely been out of the headlines. Central banks have launched extraordinary policies, like quantitative easing or negative interest rates. New means of payment, like Bitcoin and Apple Pay, are changing how we interact with money and how governments and corporations keep track of our spending. Radical politicians in the US and UK are urging us to transform our financial system and make it the servant of social justice.

And yet, if you stopped for a moment and asked yourself whether you really understand how it works, would you honestly be able to say 'yes'?

In Money in One Lesson, Gavin Jackson, a lead writer for the Financial Times, specialising in economics, business and public policy, answers the most important questions to clarify for the reader what money is and how it shapes our societies. With brilliant storytelling, Jackson

provides a basic understanding of the most important element of our everyday lives. Drawing on stories like the 1970s Irish Banking Strike to show what money actually is, and the Great Inflation of West Africa's cowrie shell money to explain how it keeps its value, Money in One Lesson demystifies the world of finance and explains how societies, both past and present, are forever entwined with monetary matters.

By: Gavin Jackson
Imprint: Macmillan
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 241mm, Width: 163mm, Spine: 39mm
Weight: 620g
ISBN: 9781529051834
ISBN 10: 1529051835
Pages: 400
Publication Date: 31 May 2022
Recommended Age: From 18 years
Audience: General/trade , College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , ELT Advanced , Primary
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Gavin Jackson is a leader writer for the Financial Times specializing in economics, business and public policy. He is an emerging voice on the economy and has appeared on BBC Radio and TV. Money in One Lesson is his first book.

Reviews for Money in One Lesson: How it Works and Why

Delightful and deep, Money in One Lesson is a superb account of the strange connections between money and economics. -- Tim Harford, author of How To Make The World Add Up This is a highly illuminating, well researched and beautifully written book on one of humanity's most important innovations. People both love and hate money. But mostly, they fail to understand it. Such ignorance is not bliss. Happily, this book will go far to cure it. -- Martin Wolf, chief economics commentator, the Financial Times A lucid exposition of a widely misunderstood topic, liberally illustrated with nuggets of intriguing information -- John Kay, economist Gavin Jackson has written that rarest of things: an intellectually rigorous and informative book on a technical subject that is also a pleasure to read. Anecdotes, stories and history bring money to life. -- Duncan Weldon, author of Two Hundred Years of Muddling Through