{"product_id":"moneys-nature-letters-from-a-bank-director-to-his-son-9798197340757","title":"Money's Nature: Letters from a Bank Director to His Son","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): M. Smouch | Alfred Lansburgh\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Money \u0026amp; Monetary Policy\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWhat is money, really - a metal, a promise, a social convention, a legal instrument, or a moral trust?\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in Germany in 1923, \u003ci\u003eMoney's Nature\u003c\/i\u003e is Alfred Lansburgh's lucid and penetrating investigation into the foundations of money, currency, banking, inflation, gold, foreign exchange, and the note-issuing bank. Written under the pseudonym \u003cb\u003eArgentarius\u003c\/b\u003e in the form of letters from a bank director to his son, this classic work transforms difficult monetary questions into a clear, elegant, and remarkably readable dialogue.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eComposed in the aftermath of war and during the monetary turmoil of the Weimar Republic, the book addresses questions that remain urgent today: What gives money its value? Why do banknotes circulate? What is the difference between money and money-tokens? How do gold, credit, foreign exchange, and central banks shape economic life? And how does inflation damage not only prices, but trust, labor, saving, and social order?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis English edition presents a careful translation of \u003ci\u003eDas Wesen des Geldes\u003c\/i\u003e, preserving Lansburgh's didactic voice, conceptual precision, and historical atmosphere while making the text accessible to modern readers. More than a technical treatise, \u003ci\u003eMoney's Nature\u003c\/i\u003e is a profound reflection on value, confidence, responsibility, and the fragile architecture of monetary civilization.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEssential reading for students of economics, monetary history, banking, central banking, inflation, the gold standard, and anyone interested in the enduring mystery of money.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Independently Published","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47891713360023,"sku":"9798197340757","price":2963.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9798197340757.webp?v=1781184581","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/moneys-nature-letters-from-a-bank-director-to-his-son-9798197340757","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}