{"product_id":"the-abc-of-money-lessons-from-a-tycoon-9781944529352","title":"The ABC of Money: Lessons from a Tycoon","description":"\u003cp\u003eIt seems a simple question -- what is money?-- but the answer is more complicated than you'd think. In 1891, America's greatest self-made man, steel tycoon Andrew Carnegie, took on the subject in this essay. Here, he explains: \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e- the historical basis for money as a medium of exchange\u003cbr\u003e - the difference between \"money\" and \"currency\"\u003cbr\u003e - the trouble governments get into when they \"make money\"\u003cbr\u003e - the problems that coming with backing currency with silver\u003cbr\u003e - the \"good sense\" of the gold standard\u003cbr\u003e - and more.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe ABC of Money: Lessons from a Tycoon\u003c\/em\u003e offers a highly readable discussion of a basic concept of economics.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlso from Cosimo: Carnegie's \u003cem\u003eRound the World\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTriumphant Democracy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eJames Watt, An American Four-in-Hand in Britain\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Empire of Business\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eThe Gospel of Wealth\u003c\/em\u003e, and the \u003cem\u003eAutobiography of Andrew Carnegie\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCarnegie, Andrew:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - ANDREW CARNEGIE (1835-1919) was an American industrialist and philanthropist born in Scotland and emigrated to America as a teenager. Carnegie's benefactions (totaling about $350 million) included Carnegie Hall (1892) in New York City, the Carnegie Institution of Washington (1902), the Carnegie Hero Fund Commission (1904), the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching (1905), the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace (1910) and over 2,800 libraries.","brand":"Cosimo Classics","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50516926071058,"sku":"9781944529352","price":8.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_71596151-9450-4170-9154-9eb002291d2b.jpg?v=1731029477","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-abc-of-money-lessons-from-a-tycoon-9781944529352","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}