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Broken Money

Why Our Financial System Is Failing Us and How We Can Make It Better

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Broken Money

By: Lyn Alden
Narrated by: Guy Swann
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Broken Money explores the history of money through the lens of technology. Politics can affect things temporarily and locally, but technology is what drives things forward globally and permanently.

The book's goal is for the listener to walk away with a deep understanding of money and monetary history, both in terms of theoretical foundations and in terms of practical implications. From shells to gold, from papyrus bills of exchange to central banks, and from the invention of the telegraph to the creation of Bitcoin, Lyn Alden walks the listener through the emergence of new technologies that have shaped what we use as money over the ages. And beyond that, Alden explores the concept of what money is at its very foundation to give the listener a framework to analyze and compare different types of monetary technologies and monetary theories.

The book also takes a distinctively human look at how money impacts the lives of real people, and how new monetary technologies shape the power structures within society.

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great book, balanced and nuanced. epic narrator. awesome sauce. would recommend. very interesting subject

professionalism

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As the title. Bitcoin rocks. Government would not be able to counter this technological advancement. Even computing could be a threat but it’s not gonna happen in the coming decades I guess.

Very comprehensive and logical and thorough explanation on money

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Good analysis ok filling space here to please audible stupid thing omg this is ridicukoue.

Excellent.

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I really enjoyed chapters 16-18 where the author talked around inflation and how central powers build it into the system.

An excellent insight into the evolution of money and the direction it may take in the future.

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Lyn Alden has the talent to break down complex and complicated issues into easy to understand information. To understand what is going on globally past and present one of the must read books or in this case audiobook

every sentence is full of well researched insights

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A really good book which is pedagogical and with great content, logical analysis and disposition

Great book

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Very detailed and understandable subject,
Detailing the most powerful movement in our lifetime, simple amazing

Life changing

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if you want to learn about the past, present and future of money read this book. Fantastic insights, I'd highly recommend this book

Fantastic Book

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i read a lot of books on finance ,this is a good one, well read

i read a lot of books on finance

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This book should be required reading for anyone in finance or looking to enter. A rare no holds barred analysis of how finace works today and how we got there.

brilliant read 5 stars

The machinics of global finance, present and historic explained simply

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