Money

by Lonergan,Eric

• ISBN13: 9781844652037
• ISBN10: 1844652033
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2014-08-08
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Over the past year, we have seen banks tumble, City firms collapse and the advent of the worst financial crisis since the 1930s. At the heart of these events lies the pursuit of money. But just what is this thing that seems so powerful and omnipresent and yet is physically worthless-a piece of paper, or a digit on a computer screen? How does it work? And, more importantly, how far can we control the power it has over our lives?

Author Biography

Eric Lonergan is a macro hedge-fund manager at MG Investments in London. He studied PPE at the University of Oxford and has an MSc in economics and philosophy from the London School of Economics. He is a frequent contributor to the Financial Times.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgements	p. vii
Introduction	p. 1
Print it	p. 9
Interdependence I
Money's morality	p. 19
Global money	p. 35
Time and money
Future selves, worry and Schuld	p. 47
Controlling the future	p. 65
Other people's money	p. 81
Measurement
Money measures	p. 89
Money's allure
The sacred and the profane	p. 107
Interdependence II
The other side of the coin	p. 113
Money	p. 129
Further reading	p. 135
References	p. 139
Index	p. 145
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