*AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK* THE INTERNATIONAL #1 BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2024 NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR A WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 ANOBSERVERBOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A FINANCIAL TIMES ECONOMICS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A PROSPECT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 'A breathtaking, expansive and imaginative ride through the history and future of money from an author who truly understands it'PROFESSOR BRIAN COX 'Exceptional' FINANCIAL TIMES 'A cracking book that is as enjoyable as it is readable'PETER FRANKOPAN 'Equally entertaining and insightful'YANIS VAROUFAKIS _______________________________________________________ MONEY. The object of our desires. The engine of our genius. Humanity's greatest invention. Money is everything. It brings freedom and it takes it away. It inspires and corrupts us. But what is money? Is it the main thing holding us back from utopia or is it the one constant