Bani

Bani traces how money has shaped human life and history. David McWilliams looks at its role in trade, power, and desire. He asks how people create money, how much exists, and who controls it. He also looks at what money can and cannot do.

The book follows money from its roots in the Middle East. It traces trade along the Silk Road to China. It also covers the markets of Marrakech and Wall Street. These places show how our ties to money have changed. McWilliams links that past to the world we live in today. He sees money as a force that drives human invention and failure.

This book tells the history of money and trade. Readers need no prior grasp of the field. Short chapters use stories and humour to make hard ideas clear. McWilliams is an Irish economist who seeks to make money easier to grasp. He looks beyond finance to money’s place in human life. Louis Ulrich translated this edition from English.