• An accessible and compelling history of the way we perceive and use money and the systems that have been built around it
• Demystifies the concept of money in a fresh and easy to grasp way.
• Takes a thousand years of history and drills it down to a readable format, much in the same way as Freakonomics.
• Will appeal to readers of Salt: A World History by Mark Kurlansky and A Little History of the World by E. H. Gombrich.
• Frederick Kaufman is known for his unusual insights into finance and has written extensively for major media.