The ABC of Money : Lessons from a Tycoon
Overview
It seems a simple question -- what is money?-- but the answer is more complicated than you'd think. In 1891, America's greatest self-made man, steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie, took on the subject in this essay. Here, he explains:
- the historical basis for money as a medium of exchange
- the difference between "money" and "currency"
- the trouble governments get into when they "make money"
- the problems that coming with backing currency with silver
- the "good sense" of the gold standard
- and more.
The ABC of Money: Lessons from a Tycoon offers a highly readable discussion of a basic concept of economics.
Also from Cosimo: Carnegie's Round the World, Triumphant Democracy, James Watt, An American Four-in-Hand in Britain, The Empire of Business, The Gospel of Wealth, and the Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9781944529352
- ISBN-10: 1944529357
- Publisher: Cosimo Classics
- Publish Date: July 2018
- Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.08 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.1 pounds
- Page Count: 34
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