By STEVE FRASER
Reviewed by NAOMI KLEIN
Unlike
their 19th-century counterparts, today's superrich face little organized
opposition.
The
author of "Infidel," "Nomad" and, most recently,
"Heretic" read a lot of romance novels and Jackie Collins growing
up: "We didn't discriminate between good and bad. It is now difficult to
imagine that we had so few books."
By MARY PILON
Reviewed by JAMES McMANUS
The
story of Monopoly, and the woman unrecognized for her role in its creation.
By ED CONWAY
Reviewed by MATTHEW BISHOP
In
1944, while war raged on, a raucous three-week summit overhauled the
international monetary system.
By GERALD POSNER
Reviewed by DAMON LINKER
Gerald
Posner offers a financial history of the Roman Catholic Church.
By HARRIS IRFAN
Reviewed by JON FASMAN
Islamic
finance is revolutionizing the world economy.
By ANDREW L. YARROW
Reviewed by JULIET B. SCHOR
A
history of the 20th-century American thrift movement.
By RON LIEBER
Reviewed by CLAIRE DEDERER
How
to talk with children about money.
By SCOTT TIMBERG
Reviewed by BEN YAGODA
It
has become almost impossible to make a living in or around the arts.
By KAREN E. BENDER
Reviewed by CAITLIN MACY
Money
(who has it, who doesn't) is the dark heart of these tales.
By PAUL VIGNA and
MICHAEL J. CASEY
Reviewed by EMANUEL DERMAN
A
look at the rapidly evolving world of digital money.
By BILL BROWDER
Reviewed by PETER LATTMAN
An
American businessman confronts the Russian kleptocracy.
By ZAC BISSONNETTE
Reviewed by ADAM DAVIDSON
A
history of the Beanie Baby phenomenon.
By TOM BURGIS
Reviewed by MICHELA WRONG
How
Africa's mineral abundance enriches the few at the expense of the rest.
By STEPHEN MAY
Reviewed by JONATHAN EVISON
After
the death of a wealthy businessman, a childhood friend assumes his identity.
By YU HUA
Reviewed by KEN KALFUS
In
Yu Hua's novel, the dead who can't afford burial wander aimlessly in the
afterworld.
By KABIR SEHGAL
Reviewed by JESSICA PRESSLER
A
wide-ranging survey of money's various functions, from medium of exchange to
cultural artifact.
Crime
By MARILYN STASIO
In
Michael Robotham's "Life or Death," an inmate escapes the day
before his scheduled release.
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