The Power of Money, Paul Sheard
The Power of Money, Paul Sheard
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The Power of Money
How Governments and Banks Create Money and Help Us All Prosper

Author: Paul Sheard

Narrator: Michael Langan

Unabridged: 9 hr 26 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ascent Audio

Published: 06/27/2023


Synopsis

Money issues dominate the news, but economic jargon and the complexity of it all can be bamboozling for regular folks. Paul Sheard, a leading economist and research fellow at Harvard Kennedy School, is known for his ability to see the forest and the trees and demystify complex economic phenomena.

With The Power of Money, Sheard empowers listeners to become better-informed economic citizens by providing context for some of the biggest questions surrounding money, such as: How does money come into existence? How is the process of money printing governed, particularly if too much of it causes inflation? What is quantitative easing and how does it work? Does government debt ever have to be repaid, and is it really a burden on our grandchildren? Are financial crises bound to happen sometimes? Can the euro, a currency without a government, survive in its current form? Are proposed cures for economic inequality worse than the disease? What is the future of money—are cryptocurrencies going to upend the money system as we know it?

Financial enthusiasts and non-specialists alike will be surprised by the answers to these questions. The Power of Money provides a comprehensive foundation of knowledge to help you feel better informed and more confident as you follow and engage in economic and financial affairs and policy debates.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Emily on December 27, 2023

Good primer on the concept of and mechanisms behind money and credit, and substantiates with some relevant recent political economic history. Would recommend to anyone interested in learning more about macroeconomics from the ground up.......more

Goodreads review by Tyler on September 08, 2023

This was a challenging book. Our traditional notion of banking is that banks take deposits and then use that money to make loans. Core to Sheard’s argument is that’s completely wrong. Instead, banks just make loans because all they need to do is have a liability for the amount (Sheard relies heavily......more

Goodreads review by Randy on December 17, 2024

Excellent book on the nature of money by Paul Sheard, a finance industry economist who took a year-long fellowship at Harvard to research the book.......more

Goodreads review by Peter J Muldoon on December 25, 2023

Excellent - explains HOW the monetary system works domestically & globally......more

Goodreads review by Fill on February 22, 2024

I mostly enjoyed this book. It's central premise is that private banks and (currency-issuing) governments are "joined at the hip" in creating money. The consequences of this partnership are many. For example, fiscal and monetary policy are not as distinct as they are commonly assumed to be; currency......more