Author: Christine Desan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198709579
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
In this revisionist history of the development of the modern monetary system, Desan argues that money effectively creates economic activity rather than emerging from it. Her account demonstrates that money's design has been a project central to governance and formative to markets.
Making Money
Author: Christine Desan
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198709579
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
In this revisionist history of the development of the modern monetary system, Desan argues that money effectively creates economic activity rather than emerging from it. Her account demonstrates that money's design has been a project central to governance and formative to markets.
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 0198709579
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 501
Book Description
In this revisionist history of the development of the modern monetary system, Desan argues that money effectively creates economic activity rather than emerging from it. Her account demonstrates that money's design has been a project central to governance and formative to markets.
Money for Nothing
Author: Thomas Levenson
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812987969
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
The sweeping story of the world’s first financial crisis: “an astounding episode from the early days of financial markets that to this day continues to intrigue and perplex historians . . . narrative history at its best, lively and fresh with new insights” (Liaquat Ahamed, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lords of Finance) A Financial Times Economics Book of the Year ● Longlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award In the heart of the Scientific Revolution, when new theories promised to explain the affairs of the universe, Britain was broke, facing a mountain of debt accumulated in war after war it could not afford. But that same Scientific Revolution—the kind of thinking that helped Isaac Newton solve the mysteries of the cosmos—would soon lead clever, if not always scrupulous, men to try to figure a way out of Britain’s financial troubles. Enter the upstart leaders of the South Sea Company. In 1719, they laid out a grand plan to swap citizens’ shares of the nation’s debt for company stock, removing the burden from the state and making South Sea’s directors a fortune in the process. Everybody would win. The king’s ministers took the bait—and everybody did win. Far too much, far too fast. The following crash came suddenly in a rush of scandal, jail, suicide, and ruin. But thanks to Britain’s leader, Robert Walpole, the kingdom found its way through to emerge with the first truly modern, reliable, and stable financial exchange. Thomas Levenson’s Money for Nothing tells the unbelievable story of the South Sea Bubble with all the exuberance, folly, and the catastrophe of an event whose impact can still be felt today.
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
ISBN: 0812987969
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 481
Book Description
The sweeping story of the world’s first financial crisis: “an astounding episode from the early days of financial markets that to this day continues to intrigue and perplex historians . . . narrative history at its best, lively and fresh with new insights” (Liaquat Ahamed, Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Lords of Finance) A Financial Times Economics Book of the Year ● Longlisted for the Financial Times/McKinsey Business Book of the Year Award In the heart of the Scientific Revolution, when new theories promised to explain the affairs of the universe, Britain was broke, facing a mountain of debt accumulated in war after war it could not afford. But that same Scientific Revolution—the kind of thinking that helped Isaac Newton solve the mysteries of the cosmos—would soon lead clever, if not always scrupulous, men to try to figure a way out of Britain’s financial troubles. Enter the upstart leaders of the South Sea Company. In 1719, they laid out a grand plan to swap citizens’ shares of the nation’s debt for company stock, removing the burden from the state and making South Sea’s directors a fortune in the process. Everybody would win. The king’s ministers took the bait—and everybody did win. Far too much, far too fast. The following crash came suddenly in a rush of scandal, jail, suicide, and ruin. But thanks to Britain’s leader, Robert Walpole, the kingdom found its way through to emerge with the first truly modern, reliable, and stable financial exchange. Thomas Levenson’s Money for Nothing tells the unbelievable story of the South Sea Bubble with all the exuberance, folly, and the catastrophe of an event whose impact can still be felt today.
Money
Author: Jacob Goldstein
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 0316417181
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The co-host of the popular NPR podcast Planet Money provides a well-researched, entertaining, somewhat irreverent look at how money is a made-up thing that has evolved over time to suit humanity's changing needs. Money only works because we all agree to believe in it. In Money, Jacob Goldstein shows how money is a useful fiction that has shaped societies for thousands of years, from the rise of coins in ancient Greece to the first stock market in Amsterdam to the emergence of shadow banking in the 21st century. At the heart of the story are the fringe thinkers and world leaders who reimagined money. Kublai Khan, the Mongol emperor, created paper money backed by nothing, centuries before it appeared in the west. John Law, a professional gambler and convicted murderer, brought modern money to France (and destroyed the country's economy). The cypherpunks, a group of radical libertarian computer programmers, paved the way for bitcoin. One thing they all realized: what counts as money (and what doesn't) is the result of choices we make, and those choices have a profound effect on who gets more stuff and who gets less, who gets to take risks when times are good, and who gets screwed when things go bad. Lively, accessible, and full of interesting details (like the 43-pound copper coins that 17th-century Swedes carried strapped to their backs), Money is the story of the choices that gave us money as we know it today.
Publisher: Hachette Books
ISBN: 0316417181
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 220
Book Description
The co-host of the popular NPR podcast Planet Money provides a well-researched, entertaining, somewhat irreverent look at how money is a made-up thing that has evolved over time to suit humanity's changing needs. Money only works because we all agree to believe in it. In Money, Jacob Goldstein shows how money is a useful fiction that has shaped societies for thousands of years, from the rise of coins in ancient Greece to the first stock market in Amsterdam to the emergence of shadow banking in the 21st century. At the heart of the story are the fringe thinkers and world leaders who reimagined money. Kublai Khan, the Mongol emperor, created paper money backed by nothing, centuries before it appeared in the west. John Law, a professional gambler and convicted murderer, brought modern money to France (and destroyed the country's economy). The cypherpunks, a group of radical libertarian computer programmers, paved the way for bitcoin. One thing they all realized: what counts as money (and what doesn't) is the result of choices we make, and those choices have a profound effect on who gets more stuff and who gets less, who gets to take risks when times are good, and who gets screwed when things go bad. Lively, accessible, and full of interesting details (like the 43-pound copper coins that 17th-century Swedes carried strapped to their backs), Money is the story of the choices that gave us money as we know it today.
Making Themes Work
Author: Anne Davies
Publisher: Portage & Main Press
ISBN: 9781895411607
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Making Themes Work is the first book in the series Building Connections, designed to provide practical strategies, innovative ideas, and adaptable examples for holistic teaching in elementary classrooms.This book shows teachers how to organize curriculum and effectively integrate learning experiences using themes. It gives educators the information they need to make themes work for them and their students.In this book, teachers will find many valuable examples and strategies including:innovative ways to start a theme effective ways for students to show what they know practical ways to think about theme plannng powerful evaluation strategies classroom-tested ways to manage and organize themes common questions about themes, and the answers ways to inform parents, administrators, and colleagues about learning through themes.
Publisher: Portage & Main Press
ISBN: 9781895411607
Category : Education
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
Making Themes Work is the first book in the series Building Connections, designed to provide practical strategies, innovative ideas, and adaptable examples for holistic teaching in elementary classrooms.This book shows teachers how to organize curriculum and effectively integrate learning experiences using themes. It gives educators the information they need to make themes work for them and their students.In this book, teachers will find many valuable examples and strategies including:innovative ways to start a theme effective ways for students to show what they know practical ways to think about theme plannng powerful evaluation strategies classroom-tested ways to manage and organize themes common questions about themes, and the answers ways to inform parents, administrators, and colleagues about learning through themes.
Dollars and Cents
Author: Jamie A. Schroeder
Publisher: Benchmark Education Company
ISBN: 1410874885
Category : Coins
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
"How many coins do you have? Do you have a dollar?"--
Publisher: Benchmark Education Company
ISBN: 1410874885
Category : Coins
Languages : en
Pages : 20
Book Description
"How many coins do you have? Do you have a dollar?"--
Quarters
Author: Mary Hill
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
ISBN: 9780516250588
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Simple text and photographs introduce young readers to the twenty-five cent United States coin. The Money Matters emergent reader series introduces children to the basics of money. The spreads link text to images and discuss the meanings of the symbols on each coin and bill, and how people earn, save, and spend money. Includes glossary with pronunciation guide and an index, also includes, To Find Out More section that lists additional reading materials and websites that will encourage readers to learn more about money and beginning finance.
Publisher: Children's Press(CT)
ISBN: 9780516250588
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Simple text and photographs introduce young readers to the twenty-five cent United States coin. The Money Matters emergent reader series introduces children to the basics of money. The spreads link text to images and discuss the meanings of the symbols on each coin and bill, and how people earn, save, and spend money. Includes glossary with pronunciation guide and an index, also includes, To Find Out More section that lists additional reading materials and websites that will encourage readers to learn more about money and beginning finance.
Learning Targets
Author: David Clemson
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
ISBN: 0748735976
Category : Arithmetic
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Intended as a resource for teaching the National Curriculum for Mathematics, the Numeracy Hour, and the Scottish Guidelines for Mathematics 5-14, this book provides coverage of the main ideas in number for pupils from 7 to 11 years old. It contains structured lesson plans, 71 linked copymasters that develop number skills, number investigations and games, continual and end-of-section assessments, and a planner linking the lessons to the National Curriculum, the National Numeracy Project, and the Scotland 5-14 Guidelines.
Publisher: Nelson Thornes
ISBN: 0748735976
Category : Arithmetic
Languages : en
Pages : 178
Book Description
Intended as a resource for teaching the National Curriculum for Mathematics, the Numeracy Hour, and the Scottish Guidelines for Mathematics 5-14, this book provides coverage of the main ideas in number for pupils from 7 to 11 years old. It contains structured lesson plans, 71 linked copymasters that develop number skills, number investigations and games, continual and end-of-section assessments, and a planner linking the lessons to the National Curriculum, the National Numeracy Project, and the Scotland 5-14 Guidelines.
The Witch's Coin
Author: Christopher Penczak
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738715875
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Along with quick-fix money spells, this timely book explores the consciousness of prosperity and how to transform poverty into abundance through magick, meditation, affirmations, and astrological timing. The Witch's Coin offers a materia magicka of the most powerful correspondences in wealth spellwork, including gods, stones, metals, herbs, and coins. Unlike most money magick books, it builds upon a foundation of real-world financial principles. Penczak also discusses offering magickal services professionally, including how and when to charge for readings and healings. Praise: "The first book of financial tips and advice that I have ever enjoyed reading. I highly recommend this book."--Judika Illes, author of The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells and Pure Magic "A refreshing examination of the connection between money, magic, and the attitude people put toward both."--Taylor Ellwood, editor of Manifesting Prosperity: A Wealth Magic Anthology
Publisher: Llewellyn Worldwide
ISBN: 0738715875
Category : Body, Mind & Spirit
Languages : en
Pages : 144
Book Description
Along with quick-fix money spells, this timely book explores the consciousness of prosperity and how to transform poverty into abundance through magick, meditation, affirmations, and astrological timing. The Witch's Coin offers a materia magicka of the most powerful correspondences in wealth spellwork, including gods, stones, metals, herbs, and coins. Unlike most money magick books, it builds upon a foundation of real-world financial principles. Penczak also discusses offering magickal services professionally, including how and when to charge for readings and healings. Praise: "The first book of financial tips and advice that I have ever enjoyed reading. I highly recommend this book."--Judika Illes, author of The Element Encyclopedia of 5000 Spells and Pure Magic "A refreshing examination of the connection between money, magic, and the attitude people put toward both."--Taylor Ellwood, editor of Manifesting Prosperity: A Wealth Magic Anthology
Themes from the Scriptures of the New Testament
Author: Thomas Sutton
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 0759650446
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
I wrote this book to be used as an aid. I chose the themes and scriptures. If you think of other scriptures that were left out, add them. After publishing this book, I know I'll find additional scriptures I left out and wish I had included them. Some of the same verses were used under different themes. God's Word is complex, simple, and can take you down paths that go deep into your spirit. One minister I know refers to studying specific scriptures as "entering the deep end of the pool." My book is not an attempt to replace the necessity to read and study the scriptures directly from the Bible. This book is just a starting point for you to build your own scriptural reference related to specific themes. At first, I planned to write this book only for me. I've always had a hard time memorizing lots of scriptures and remembering where to find a scripture relevant to a certain issue. After writing this book, I changed my mind and decided to share this work with others. After listing a theme, I listed the Books, Chapters, and Verses followed by the actual scriptures. I hope you find this book helpful as you study the Word of God.
Publisher: AuthorHouse
ISBN: 0759650446
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 292
Book Description
I wrote this book to be used as an aid. I chose the themes and scriptures. If you think of other scriptures that were left out, add them. After publishing this book, I know I'll find additional scriptures I left out and wish I had included them. Some of the same verses were used under different themes. God's Word is complex, simple, and can take you down paths that go deep into your spirit. One minister I know refers to studying specific scriptures as "entering the deep end of the pool." My book is not an attempt to replace the necessity to read and study the scriptures directly from the Bible. This book is just a starting point for you to build your own scriptural reference related to specific themes. At first, I planned to write this book only for me. I've always had a hard time memorizing lots of scriptures and remembering where to find a scripture relevant to a certain issue. After writing this book, I changed my mind and decided to share this work with others. After listing a theme, I listed the Books, Chapters, and Verses followed by the actual scriptures. I hope you find this book helpful as you study the Word of God.
Crafty Themes
Author: Amelia Ruscoe
Publisher: R.I.C. Publications
ISBN: 1741260558
Category : Creative activities and seat work
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description
Publisher: R.I.C. Publications
ISBN: 1741260558
Category : Creative activities and seat work
Languages : en
Pages : 176
Book Description