Poyavlenie deneg - kuda bolee zaputannaya, intriguyuschaya i krovavaya istoriya, v kotoroy zameshan Santa-Klaus i ubiystva. Uznat, kak na samom dele voznikli dengi - luchshiy sposob ponyat ih prirodu. Mozhno li, napechatav trilliony novyh kupyur, pobedit inflyatsiyu? Udastsya li s pomoschyu kriptovalyut sozdat svobodnyy rynok deneg, proobraz kotorogo kogda-to suschestvoval v SSHA? Chto stanet valyutoy buduschego? Eta kniga - ostrosyuzhetnaya letopis samyh genialnyh, skandalnyh i bezumnyh eksperimentov v istorii deneg. Vy otpravites v put, kotoryy prodelali denezhnye znaki ot bartera i pervoy bumazhnoy raspiski do kvazideneg i kriptovalyuty. Ot britanskih kuznetsov, zamenyavshih pervyh bankirov, do ludditov, proigravshih voynu mashinam. Dzheykob Goldshteyn predlagaet razobratsya, kak my stali «zalozhnikami» suschestvuyuschey finansovoy sistemy i kakoe buduschee nas zhdet.