On 15 August 1971, after 200 years broadly tied to gold, the money of the world was cut free. Since then, we are all hostage to a compellingly incentivised and bewilderingly diverse money creation machine, an accelerating pattern of boom, bubble & bust and an unmoored monetary mayhem beyond any control.

From ruined towns on the edge of Siberia, to Bond-villain lairs in Knightsbridge and Manhattan, something has gone wrong with the workings of the world.

'A majestic must-read' - Andy Haldane, chief economist at the Bank of England.

An incisive new take on popular economics: follow a dollar on its journey around the world

A lively and accessible history of humanity's greatest - and strangest - creation: money.

Instant Economics pulls together all the pivotal economic knowledge and thought into one concise volume.

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