Dror Goldberg (2023)
Multi-Media Summary
Where did our gold-free, legal tender currency come from? This new book tells how the colony of Massachusetts Bay invented modern currency by shifting money's foundation from intrinsically valuable goods-such as gold and silver-to the taxation of the state. Weaving economics, law, and American history, the invention is attributed to the special character and circumstances of the Puritans who created English America's first intellectual center and trade hub. Speaker: Dror Goldberg.
