Frontmatter -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- About the Authors -- Part I: Money and Society -- Chapter 1. A Great Human Invention: The Role of Money in Society -- Chapter 2. Why Some People Have So Much Money and Others Have So Little -- Part II: Central Banks and Global Finance --...

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