Money

Felix Martin was educated in the UK, Italy and the US, and holds degrees in classics, international relations and economics, including a D.Phil. in Economics from Oxford University. He worked for the World Bank and for the European Stability Initiative think tank, and is currently a partner in the fixed income division at Liontrust Asset Management plc.

"Brilliant... A fascinating new way of telling the story of what money is" -- John Lanchester Guardian "A superb synthesis...a lucid, colourful introduction to 3,000 years of monetary history... So replete with literary and historical examples that the story almost tells itself" -- Martin Sandbu Financial Times "Magnificent - hugely imaginative, clear, coherent" -- Robert Skidelsky "Fizzing with ideas" Sunday Telegraph "Compulsively readable" New York Times