Frozen Desire

An Inquiry into the Meaning of Money

by James Buchan

picador, 1997, [First Edition], ISBN 0330355279, hardcover, dustjacket

Near Fine Condition, minor edge and shelf wear, no inscriptions, dustjacket shows minor edge and shelf wear  (see photographs)

“Money now so pervades the world that few people question it, but James Buchan agues in this persuasive book, the acceptance of money has brought the world to a condition of unprecedented instability.  For there is nothing to money but faith, which can evaporate in an instant and has done so repeatedly in history.
Money is humanity’s great invention and also its best-kept secret.  In accessible language, without resort to mathematics or the jargon of economics, Buchan unveils its nature and history.”