Easy Money

American Puritans and the Invention of Modern Currency 

The University of Chicago Press, 2023 

REVIEWS

"Full of insights about the 21st century brought from carefully interpreting 17th century events, Easy Money is a fascinating mixture of American political, economic, and intellectual history that is sharply focused on how paper money was invented and implemented." 

Thomas Sargent, Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences


"... an engrossing narrative account ... the first booklength attempt to explain why a defining concept in our global financial system emerged within a desperate theocracy on the fringes of the British Empire."

"Estimable book."

The Wall Street Journal 


"... will become an instant classic. Lucid, arresting, and free of jargon, it is accessible to general readers and scholars."

"Summing Up: Essential. Undergraduates through faculty and general readers."

The Association of College and Research Libraries, a division of the American Library Association (Choice Reviews)


"... a major contribution to North Atlantic monetary history ... exceptionally well written ... very engaging for economic historians and at the same time accessible to a broad audience." 

Economic History Association (eh.net)


"Easy Money is a fascinating chapter of American financial history. Dror Goldberg masterfully translates difficult concepts into a readable narrative about the early Massachusetts colony. His work is proof that economics, law, and history belong together."

The Wharton School


"Most people find money fascinating. Long-ago episodes in the historical evolution of monetary arrangements can be a different matter. ... Dror Goldberg manages to make one such episode, more than three centuries in the past, not just interesting but important."

Benjamin M. Friedman, Harvard University




AVAILABLE ON

The University of Chicago Press

For 30% off, enter code ESYMONEY2023 at checkout

Amazon

Free shipping

Society membership

The Colonial Society of Massachusetts, an educational foundation, elected me a Non-Resident Member. Members "are chosen for the their distinguished contributions, written or otherwise, to colonial American history and culture."

Debut on Amazon lists, April 2023 

New releases:  Monetary economics (#1), colonial history (#1), economic history (#2), economics (#5)

Best sellers (new & old): Monetary economics (#4), colonial history (#4), economic history (#10)

Book events

Future

July 8: Hebrew University (Department of Sociology and Anthropology)

TBA: Tel Aviv University (The Center for the Study of the United States)


Past

Bank of Israel (Research Division)

Bar Ilan University (Department of History)

Barclays Bank, New York

Bethany College

Cato Institute (recording on Youtube)

Colonial Society of Massachusetts (recording on Youtube)

Friedberg Economics Institute, Tel Aviv

 Historic Bostons (recording on Youtube)

Israeli Organization of History and Law (book session)

Maine Historical Society

Museum of American Finance and Fordham University (Gabelli School of Business) (recording on Youtube)

New England Historical and Genealogical Society (recording on Youtube)

Newman Numismatic Portal at Washington University (recording)

Northwestern University (Economic history seminar)

Rhode Island Historical Society

Social Science History Association (Book session: Early American Paper Money) (recording on Youtube)

Southern Methodist University (Department of History)

Treasury Historical Association

University of Pittsburgh (Department of Economics)


Free online material related to the book

Sample: Chapters 1-3 

[may take a few seconds to open]

Articles (non-academic)

My social media 

& blogs