Table of Contents

Foreword R Jagannathan
Preface
Introduction
Coup de Whiskey
The Great Depression
The Men Who Knew Too Much
Hitler Falling, Dollar Rising!
Exorbitant Privilege
The American Promise
The Man Who Would Be King
When a Tokyo Palace Became More Expensive than California
Irrational Exuberance
But a Pin Lies in Wait for Every Bubble
After the Crash
Conclusion: If We Learned from Experience, History Wouldn′t Repeat Itself
Acknowledgments
Appendix: Double Your Money in 45 Days
Index

About the Author

Vivek Kaul has worked at senior positions with the Daily News and Analysis (DNA) and The Economic Times. His writings have appeared across various other publications in India. These include The Times of India, The Hindu, The Hindu Business Line, Indian Management, Asian Age, Deccan Chronicle, Forbes India, Quartz India, Mutual Fund Insight, and Wealth Insight. He has also written regularly for rediff.com. Currently, he is a regular columnist for firstpost.com and firstbiz.com. His areas of interest are political economy, the international financial crisis, personal finance, marketing and branding, and anything to do with cinema and music. His only regular hobby in life is watching movies first day first show. Every other hobby he had (reading, writing, listening to music) is now a part of his daily work routine. He blogs at http://teekhapan.wordpress.com/ and can be reached at vivek.kaul@gmail.com.

Reviews

"If you want to read about all the experimentation and follies of governments and economists involving the use and abuse of money over the ages, you can do no better than to read Vivek Kaul’s eminently readable Easy Money."
*(in the Foreword)*

"Asking someone what a thing costs will draw a speedy reply. But now ask them what money is ... Vivek has asked himself precisely this question and this fine book is a culmination of his dogged pursuit of the answer. Join him in his rich intellectual voyage and see for yourself where it leads."
*Dylan Grice*

"Kaul′s book is the financial equivalent of the story of the origin of the universe."
*Kevin Maney*

Praise for Easy Money: Evolution of Money from Robinson Crusoe to the First World War
"Forget what you think you know about money and read the true, absorbing tale told by Vivek Kaul in his thorough, but fascinating book, Easy Money. A great read." 
*Al Ries*

"Kaul is not an economist and rightly assumes that neither are his readers. Unlike other books that seem to have had been written by one economist for another, this book is for everyone who is ready to try out a riveting cocktail of history and economics. There is no jargon to throw you off balance. Instead, the writing is simple, suave and lucid."
*Daily News and Analysis (DNA)*

An eminently readable take on the use and abuse of money by Vivek Kaul.
*Business Line*

A very interesting read...The second book in trilogy is strongly recommended. If one wants to understand the present, one must read the historical account of the evolution of money.
*The Hindu*

Kaul’s work, though elaborate, gives readers a clear understanding of the events that shaped the current financial world.
*DNA Mumbai*