The monkey and the money

• Verfasst von: Nordström, Kjell A. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The monkey and the money
• Titelzusatz: a history of capitalism
• Mitwirkende: Urbom, Ruth [ÜbersetzerIn]
• Mitwirkende: Rydén Bonmot, Jan [HerausgeberIn]
• Verf.angabe: Dr. Kjell A. Nordström ; translated by: Ruth Urbom ; edited by: Jan Rydén Bonmot
• Verlagsort: Stockholm, Sweden
• Verlag: Bokförlaget Stolpe
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: 187 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Format: 22 cm
• ISBN: 978-91-89425-71-2
• Schlagwörter: (z)Geschichte / (s)Kapitalismus
• Sprache: eng
• Sach-SW: Capitalism
• Form-SW: Graue Literatur
• K10plus-PPN: 1857652339

Abstract

Apes that exchange things. That is what we are.0At some point around two million years ago, we discovered that we could exchange one thing for another. Since then, humans have continued trading and exchanging things throughout economic history. Clever humans also invented capital, which we used to shape our whole economic system. In this information-packed, entertaining, eye-opening book, Kjell A. Nordström guides us from the collaborative origins of prehistoric bartering to Adam Smiths concept of specialisation. He shows how we have used our endless inventiveness to transform our planet into a colossal, pulsating bazaar, where everyone is trading with one another all over the world, around the clock.0How did we end up here? And what does the future hold for our immense, complex global economy that has now started to appear vulnerable?0Dr Nordström provides hope that we will find new ways to continue our endless trading and exchanging. New ways that involve and take into account nature, our other vital source of capital: not created by us, butcrucial to our wellbeing