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A New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller
The importance of money in our lives is readily apparent to everyone–rich, poor, and in between. However grudgingly, most of us accept the expression “Money makes the world go round” as a universal truth. We are all aware of the power of money–how it influences our moods, compels us to take risks, and serves as the yardstick of success in societies around the world. Yet because we take the daily reality of money so completely for granted, we seldom question how and why it has come to play such a central role in our lives.
In Coined: The Rich Life of Money And How Its History Has Shaped Us, author Kabir Sehgal casts aside our workaday assumptions about money and takes the reader on a global quest to uncover a deeper understanding of the relationship between money and humankind. More than a mere history of its subject, Coined probes the conceptual origins and evolution of money by examining it through the multiple lenses of disciplines as varied as biology, psychology, anthropology, and theology. Coined is not only a profoundly informative discussion of the concept of money, but it is also an endlessly fascinating and entertaining take on the nature of humanity and the inner workings of the mind.
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“Sehgal doesn’t just tell the story of how money is created and used; he tells the story of what money means to people as individuals and as a civilization. Narrator Kevin Stillwell takes those words and creates a listening experiences that is difficult to pause. He reads in an even tone, deftly navigating the scientific, historical, and financial terms. As the book examines the phenomenon of money from multiple disciplines, Stillwell’s conversational tone works well. While much of the reading recounts Sehgal’s expertise and findings, when required, Stillwell is up to the task of providing a variety of accents to set quotations apart from the main text.”
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