{"product_id":"9781781316269","title":"Man vs Money: Understanding the curious economics that power our world","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhere is all the money?  How does a country go bust?  Should I get paid in Bitcoin?\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Wherever you go, whatever you do, however you live your life, money plays a role.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Getting it, keeping it and making more out of it has been one of man’s major preoccupations for the past five thousand years. From buying a sandwich to earning a wage, going on holiday to playing the lottery, how money and economics governs our world is fascinating. And it’s just about to get more curious; the arrival of modern banking, crowd funding, investments at the touch of a smartphone and virtual currencies means, for many of us, it is even more complex.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e Stewart Cowley distils these complexities in this essential guide to modern-day money and our relationship with it. Along the way we discover how the statistics that govern our world are based on guesswork, why stock markets are like a wandering drunken man, what you need to live like a millionaire and why cooking has made man the dominant species on the planet.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eMan vs Money\u003c\/i\u003e shows you how understanding a little more economics can improve your life.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Aurum Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47114370941168,"sku":"9781781316269","price":22.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781781316269_p0.jpg?v=1763715494","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781781316269","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}