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Modernity is under constant siege due to our meager understanding of both money and currency. Progress requires reason-and with it order, balance, invention, and labor. Instead, the world pursues progress for self-gratification and with it self-destruction.
In Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Money, author David Barrett pulls from his vast economic expertise to trace the development of currency and money from Rome to the present. Pinpointing the critical decisions that gave rise to and shaped modernity, this remarkable book will alter popular perceptions of money, currency, and political economy by revealing humankind's inadequacies-as well as its brilliance.
This unique resource examines the fall of Rome, the French and American Revolutions, World War I, the Great Depression, the Marshall Plan, and much more to better understand the critical role currency and money have played for the last two thousand years.
The influence of key players such as Caesar Augustus, Henry VIII, Isaac Newton, Jefferson, Jackson, JP Morgan, FDR, Churchill, Reagan, and a host of others is also on full display to show that humankind's determined efforts to satisfy its cravings have produced a widespread desire to acquire and consume rather than to construct and produce.
David Barrett received his bachelor's degree in business administration from Fairfield University in 1959 and his doctor of jurisprudence from Fordham University School of Law in 1964.
Following a year in the office of Chief Justice of the US Federal Court of Appeals in New York, Mr. Barrett joined Citibank New York in 1960 in the Capital Markets Group where he eventually headed institutional relationships. Promoted to senior officer at age thirty, he successfully managed the multibillion-dollar bank investment portfolio and its domestic liabilities.
Subsequently he managed the funding of all western hemisphere dollar and foreign currency loan commitments and bank investments. He retired from Citibank in 1980 and opened his own firms. He frequently consults as an expert in global monetary matters and has appeared on over three hundred and fifty radio programs.
Barrett also actively participates in secondary education and has served on the board of education in Connecticut.
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Read the first book and this 2nd one did not disappoint! Loved every chapter. More please!
Like it was written by George Santos
Received an Advanced Reader Copy from a friend. I am an avid true crime reader and upon completion I question if the author is credible. The timeline does not add up for his age and the times of his alleged involvement in organized crime. Some of the things in the book he is alleged to have said and done I remember almost word for word from movies I had previously watched. He literally stole a scene from the movie the accountant with Ben Affleck and said that he did it. I did a little research after completing the book and learned that this author was also claiming in 2010 that he was a long time member of the Bloods Gang. That coupled with the above leads me to believe that it is nothing more than fantasy. Do not waste your time or money
Like it was written by George Santos
Received an Advanced Reader Copy from a friend. I am an avid true crime reader and upon completion I question if the author is credible. The timeline does not add up for his age and the times of his alleged involvement in organized crime. Some of the things in the book he is alleged to have said and done I remember almost word for word from movies I had previously watched. He literally stole a scene from the movie the accountant with Ben Affleck and said that he did it. I did a little research after completing the book and learned that this author was also claiming in 2010 that he was a long time member of the Bloods Gang. That coupled with the above leads me to believe that it is nothing more than fantasy. Do not waste your time or money
What a difficult story to tell. I appreciate the honesty and vulnerability. Definitely made me think.
I had hopes for this book but was not expecting what I would read within the pages. If your kink is deplorable grammar, incoherent sentences, and inconsistent messages, then this book is for you. At first, I thought the book I received was not the book I ordered. But as I dived in, it was very confusing. I would not recommend this book to anyone
There are not many reviews on the internet for this book. In researching the many stores selling the book, it was self-published which makes a lot of sense. The online description is written perfectly, so reading the actual book was very difficult. Pages two and three are written clearly as well as the table of contents. Pages 155 and 156 are also written logically.
It appears this book was written, then sent through a program like “Grammarly.” Once completed it seems it was published without being re-read or edited. The first clue was the title narrative that used “Has” instead of “As.” The table of contents is one page off from what it shows on pages four though seven. Many of the “q’s” are written as “[]”
Below are some examples of what was within the pages of this book written verbatim:
“Chains & Discipline/ Domination & entry/ Sadism & Masochism (BDSM) is a wide classification of bed room play.” Page 9
“When bringing up the topic of chains, you are actually asking a person to offer you their depend on, their flexibility, and also possibly their suggestion of security in exchange for sensual/sexual enjoyment, power-play, and also feasible re-evaluation of your very own connection.” Page 39
“Techni[]ue can take a selection of kinds and also be as easy or facility as you pick to (new paragraph) bargain for your details scenario” Page 52
“BDSM stands for chains as well as entry, technique and also supremacy as well as sadism and also masochism.” Page 125
“SHELF means Risk Aware Consensual Kink.” Page 130
“Approval is whatever.” Page 152
“your twist isn’t my twist, yet your twist is OKAY.” Page 153
“You can be a top, base, or button” Page 153