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    Broken Money: Why Our Financial System Is Failing Us and How We Can Make It Better

    Written by Lyn Alden

    Narrated by Guy Swann

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    Broken Money explores the history of money through the lens of technology. Politics can affect things temporarily and locally, but technology is what drives things forward globally and permanently.

    The book's goal is for the listener to walk away with a deep understanding of money and monetary history, both in terms of theoretical foundations and in terms of practical implications. From shells to gold, from papyrus bills of exchange to central banks, and from the invention of the telegraph to the creation of Bitcoin, Lyn Alden walks the listener through the emergence of new technologies that have shaped what we use as money over the ages. And beyond that, Alden explores the concept of what money is at its very foundation to give the listener a framework to analyze and compare different types of monetary technologies and monetary theories.

    The book also takes a distinctively human look at how money impacts the lives of real people, and how new monetary technologies shape the power structures within society.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherTimestamp Press
    Release dateNov 21, 2023
    ISBN9798868792533

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    • 5/5
      Lyn Alden is a brilliant synthesizer of financial and historical knowledge. This book is a gem.
    • 5/5
      Fantastic read and worth many repeats. Amazing research and effort has gone in to producing a massively informative work. Society would work much better if everyone read this book, which lifts the veil on past present and future of global money
    • 5/5
      Well worth the time. Lyn also speaks to the political over reach that has been increasing, which is the bases of ongoing control.