The History of Money

Interesting book with lots of history about the roots of our money. You learn about coins, paper money and electronic money, the later in a perspective that reflects what the state of electronic money was at the end of the last century. Now, 20 years later we have Bitcoins and other electronic currencies and people pay with their smartphones or even smartwatches. And the regional currencies in Europe are gone, replaced by the Euro which led to econimic instabilities in some countries. That is what I was missing a bit in that book, the impact of money on economics and what happens when things like a currency union are introduced. Nevertheless, an interesting read.