{"product_id":"book-1xdg","title":"Easy Money","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA sweeping history of the American invention of modern money.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEconomists endlessly debate the nature of legal tender monetary systems-coins and bills issued by a government or other authority. Yet the origins of these currencies have received little attention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDror Goldberg tells the story of modern money in North America through the Massachusetts colony during the seventeenth century. As the young settlement transitioned to self-governance and its economy grew, the need to formalize a smooth exchange emerged. Printing local money followed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEasy Money\u003c\/em\u003e illustrates how colonists invented contemporary currency by shifting its foundation from intrinsically valuable goods-such as silver-to the taxation of the state. Goldberg traces how this structure grew into a worldwide system in which, monetarily, we are all Massachusetts. Weaving economics, law, and American history, \u003cem\u003eEasy Money \u003c\/em\u003eis a new touchstone in the story of monetary systems.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"INAudio","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":67150604042544,"sku":"BD1xdg","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/1xdg-Square-cover.png?v=1782488578","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-1xdg","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}