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02820aam a2200361 i 4500 001 3C867E1E113311EC9BA0FD174FECA4DB 003 SILO 005 20210909010027 008 200309s2020 nyuab b 000 0 eng 010 $a 2020010462 020 $a 1590517180 020 $a 9781590517185 035 $a (OCoLC)1143621518 040 $a DLC $b eng $e rda $c DLC $d OCLCO $d OCLCF $d HBP $d UAP $d YDX $d OJ4 $d TOH $d BDX $d GYG $d IOU $d SILO 042 $a pcc 082 00 $a 332.4/9 $2 23 100 1 $a Kaufman, Frederick, $d 1961- $e author. 245 14 $a The money plot : $b a history of currency's power to enchant, control, and manipulate / $c Frederick Kaufman. 246 30 $a History of currency's power to enchant, control, and manipulate 264 1 $a New York : $b Other Press, $c [2020] 300 $a 287 pages : $b illustrations, map ; $c 24 cm 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (pages 267-285). 505 00 $t The end of money. $t The shell game -- $t The trophy wife -- $t Acts of violence and other words -- $t The soul of money -- $t The crusade -- $t The silver of count Hieronymus von Schlick -- $t Money wants to be free -- $t The buck starts here -- $t The float -- $t How to make money -- $t The end of money. 520 $a "Half fable, half manifesto, this brilliant new take on the ancient concept of cash lays bare its unparalleled capacity to empower, enchant, and control us. Frederick Kaufman tackles the complex history of money, beginning with the earliest myths and wrapping up with Wall Street's byzantine present-day doings. Along the way, he exposes a set of allegorical plots, stock characters, and stereotypical metaphors that have long been linked with money and commercial culture, from Melanesian trading rituals to the dogma of Medieval churchmen faced with global commerce, the rationales of mercantilism and colonial expansion, and the U.S. dollar's 1971 unpinning from gold. The Money Plot offers a tool to see through the haze of modern banking and finance, demonstrating that the standard reasons given for economic inequality-the neoliberal gospel of market forces-are, like dollars, euros, and yuan, contingent upon structures people have designed. It shines a light on the one percent's efforts to contain a money culture that benefits them within boundaries they themselves are increasingly setting. And Kaufman warns that if we cannot recognize what is going on, we run the risk of becoming pawns and shells ourselves, of becoming other people's money"-- $c Provided by publisher. 650 0 $a Money $x History. 650 0 $a Banks and banking $x History. 650 0 $a Commerce $x History. 650 0 $a Precious metals. 650 0 $a Bitcoin. 941 $a 1 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20210909010203.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=3C867E1E113311EC9BA0FD174FECA4DB 994 $a C0 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search