Coined, Kabir Sehgal
Coined, Kabir Sehgal
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Coined
The Rich Life of Money and How Its History Has Shaped Us

Author: Kabir Sehgal

Narrator: Kevin Stillwell

Unabridged: 11 hr 7 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/10/2015


Synopsis

A New York Times and Wall Street Journal Bestseller

The importance of money in our lives is readily apparent to everyone--rich, poor, and in between. However grudgingly, most of us accept the expression "Money makes the world go round" as a universal truth. We are all aware of the power of money--how it influences our moods, compels us to take risks, and serves as the yardstick of success in societies around the world. Yet because we take the daily reality of money so completely for granted, we seldom question how and why it has come to play such a central role in our lives.

In Coined: The Rich Life of Money And How Its History Has Shaped Us, author Kabir Sehgal casts aside our workaday assumptions about money and takes the reader on a global quest to uncover a deeper understanding of the relationship between money and humankind. More than a mere history of its subject, Coined probes the conceptual origins and evolution of money by examining it through the multiple lenses of disciplines as varied as biology, psychology, anthropology, and theology. Coined is not only a profoundly informative discussion of the concept of money, but it is also an endlessly fascinating and entertaining take on the nature of humanity and the inner workings of the mind.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jkhickel on March 26, 2015

Coined is written as though the author were a very bright high school or college student, not quite versed in the way the world works, but eager to show off all the extensive scholastic research he's done to try to figure it out. If you like lots of footnotes, new and different rapid-fire academic r......more

Goodreads review by Ints on February 08, 2017

Latviešu valodā populārzinātniskas grāmatas iznāk daudz par maz. Protams, ne man pavēlēt izdevējiem izdot izglītojošu nozaru literatūru, bet, spriežot pēc esošās situācijas, cilvēki to praktiski nelasa. Patiešām izcilas grāmatas izdevniecības pārdod daudzus gadus par arvien zemākām cenām. Tādēļ katr......more

Goodreads review by Sarah on November 17, 2015

Very dry. Kabir Sehgal speaks elementary to his readers when he tries to draw connections with phenomena; he rambles on in unnecessary explanation when he could have done one sentence referencing the metaphor (i.e. explaining in gruesome detail how bees pollinate and how it's similar to the concept......more

Goodreads review by প্রীতম on September 28, 2021

Book: Coined: The Rich Life of Money and How Its History Has Shaped Us Author: Kabir Sehgal Publisher: ‎ John Murray (14 January 2016) Language: ‎ English Paperback: ‎ 336 pages Item Weight: ‎ 236 g Dimensions: ‎ 13.5 x 2.2 x 19.9 cm Country of Origin: ‎ United Kingdom Price: 458/- Workers earn it, Spendthr......more

Goodreads review by Ron on September 11, 2017

What is the book really about? Another entry in my tour through the philosophy of money. A good stop along that path. Sehgal considers a lot of issues: what in our brains seem to make us accept the idea of money, seem to make us want money, and trust or distrust various concepts of money. He ponders......more