The ABC of Money: Lessons from a Tycoon

It seems a simple question -- what is money?-- but the answer is more complicated than you'd...
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Author: Andrew Carnegie
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The ABC of Money: Lessons from a Tycoon by Carnegie, Andrew

The ABC of Money: Lessons from a Tycoon

$29.00

The ABC of Money: Lessons from a Tycoon

$29.00
Author: Andrew Carnegie
Format: Paperback
Language: English

It seems a simple question -- what is money?-- but the answer is more complicated than you'd think. In 1891, America's greatest self-made man, steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie, took on the subject in this essay. Here, he explains:

- the historical basis for money as a medium of exchange
- the difference between "money" and "currency"
- the trouble governments get into when they "make money"
- the problems that coming with backing currency with silver
- the "good sense" of the gold standard
- and more.

The ABC of Money: Lessons from a Tycoon offers a highly readable discussion of a basic concept of economics.

Also from Cosimo: Carnegie's Round the World, Triumphant Democracy, James Watt, An American Four-in-Hand in Britain, The Empire of Business, The Gospel of Wealth, and the Autobiography of Andrew Carnegie.



Author: Andrew Carnegie
Publisher: Cosimo Classics
Published: 07/23/2018
Pages: 34
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.10lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.00w x 0.08d
ISBN: 9781944529352

About the Author
Carnegie, Andrew: - ANDREW CARNEGIE (1835-1919) was an American industrialist and philanthropist born in Scotland and emigrated to America as a teenager. Carnegie's benefactions (totaling about $350 million) included Carnegie Hall (1892) in New York City, the Carnegie Institution of Washington (1902), the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission (1904), the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (1905), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1910) and over 2,800 libraries.

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