0:01 hello everybody my name is professor barth history professor at arizona state university welcome to the history of money uh this is one of my favorite courses to teach maybe my favorite course although i have a few others i really enjoy teaching and as the title describes this is a a a survey an analysis of the history of money big topic but you know we do it we uh we will survey as best as we can and uh i think you're
0:32 really going to like this this class we begin with the ancient world we proceed through late antiquity into the medieval period pretty quickly then we then we make our way into the renaissance early modern period this whole time we study worldwide into the 19th century and then in the second half of the course we will laser in on on the united states in the history of the us dollar we will
1:02 study and analyze the most significant transition points in the history of money and we'll find in this course that money is one of the most controversial subjects in civil society and has been for a long long time by the end of this course you will have a a strong understanding of this history and and you will uh by consequence have a greater understanding of the currency issues at stake in our
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