Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing

Okay this was amazing. I listened to the audiobook version and had to pause it frequently to think and re-think what was said, to let it sink in when one of the concepts I knew scientifically wasn't sacrosanct but didn't fully “grok” was challenged and explained by the author. In college, I focused very little on monetary theory, but I always found it fascinating in its own right, a collective illusion that is so strong, entire societies would rather perish clinging on to their idea of it than alter their opinion. In that sense, it is among the most human of inventions, and like all human inventions, we should perpetually challenge it and improve on it for the betterment of mankind.