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the First 5,000 Years
May 20, 2014stewstealth rated this title 3 out of 5 stars
Though interesting the author's thesis is flawed. Like the flaw in classical economics the author attempts to describe complex systems in too simplistic a way and draws conclusions strictly to fit his argument. Just because you can find someone in history who said what you are thinking doesn't make your argument correct. Overall the author has a good grasp on money and how it is made but his conclusions on the causes of markets can be explained in other ways. He appears too limit his research ( or at least those he quotes ) to a limited amount of sources. Overall worth reading, however it is not ( nor could there ever be ) a complete history nor a balanced look at the subject. His conclusions are too conspiratorial to be accepted at face value.