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Ask HK: Understanding money
I kindly request pointers to material that can help me understand money.
Videos such as http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=461720 explain some concepts but also include a load of inaccurate statements. What I'm looking for is an (hopefully) unbiased description of modern banking, finance and monetary systems, and how it all works together.
Note: I'm not entirely sure this is appropriate for HN, so please let me know what you think.
- NonEUCitizen 18y agohttp://www.amazon.com/History-Money-Ancient-Times-Present/dp/0708317170 http://www.amazon.com/History-Money-Ancient-Times-Present/dp... A History of Money: From Ancient Times to the Present Day by Glyn Davies ISBN-10: 0708317170 ISBN-13: 978-0708317174
- NonEUCitizen 18y agoalso search for "Optimum Currency Area" and Robert Mundell ("Father of the Euro")
- cx01 18y agoI liked "The mystery of banking" by Rothbard, available here: http://mises.org/mysteryofbanking/mysteryofbanking.pdf http://mises.org/mysteryofbanking/mysteryofbanking.pdf It's very well written, but it's not unbiased (Rothbard is a libertarian), so I would encourage you to read other books as well.