Selected from the booksSapiensandHomo Deusby Yuval Noah Harari

How did money come to be invented? Why does it now have such significance in our lives? Does it make us happier or unhappier? And what does the future hold for it? With brilliant clarity and insight, Yuval Noah Harari takes the reader on a journey from the very first coins through to 21st century economics and shows us how we are all on the brink of a revolution, whether we like it or not.

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Dr Yuval Noah Hararihas a PhD in History from the University of Oxford and now lectures at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, specialising in World History.Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankindhas become an international phenomenon attracting a legion of fans from Bill Gates and Barack Obama to Chris Evans and Jarvis Cocker, and is published in over 45 languages worldwide. It was aSunday TimesNumber One bestseller and was in the Top Ten for over nine months in paperback. His follow-up toSapiens,Homo Deus: A Brief History of Tomorrowwas also a Top Ten Bestseller and was described by theGuardianas even more readable, even more important, than his excellentSapiens.