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Zusatztext "Packed with interesting information (and a bit of maths!)! it’s a fascinating insight into an area that’s often hidden behind an air of mystery." Informationen zum Autor Stewart Cowley is a regular columnist for the Sunday Telegraph and the financial magazine Citywire . He is a regular guest on BBC's Newsnight! Radio 4 and SKY News. Having worked in finance in New York and London since the 1980s! Stewart is now passionate about reporting on economics. Klappentext With illustrations to add a touch of humour! this distils the complexities of the economy as they affect modern life. Zusammenfassung Where is all the money? How does a country go bust? Should I get paid in Bitcoin? Wherever you go! whatever you do! however you live your life! money plays a role. Getting it! keeping it and making more out of it has been one of man’s major preoccupations for the past five thousand years. From buying a sandwich to earning a wage! going on holiday to playing the lottery! how money and economics governs our world is fascinating. And it’s just about to get more curious; the arrival of modern banking! crowd funding! investments at the touch of a smartphone and virtual currencies means! for many of us! it is even more complex. Stewart Cowley distils these complexities in this essential guide to modern-day money and our relationship with it. Along the way we discover how the statistics that govern our world are based on guesswork! why stock markets are like a wandering drunken man! what you need to live like a millionaire and why cooking has made man the dominant species on the planet. Man vs Money shows you how understanding a little more economics can improve your life.
