The Monkey and the Money

A monkey who trades stuff. That's us.

Throughout economic history, barter has been man's faithful companion.
And ingenuity her capital, with which she has shaped the economic system.

In this knowledge-dense, entertaining and eye-opening book, the business guru Kjell A Nordström guides us from the beginning barter, in its simplest form of cooperation, to Adam Smith's specialization and on to the big party (globalization) where everyone trades stuff with everyone. After forty years of revelry, our globally intertwined economy has been made vulnerable by, among other things, the corona pandemic and the war in Ukraine, and the global swapping party seems to be over.
But Dr. Nordström and his clever flock give hope that we will find new ways for our eternal change. New roads that not least involve nature – our other important capital, not created by us, but crucial for our well-being.

Kjell A Nordström is an economics doctor, lecturer, author and has previously worked as a researcher at the Institute of International Business at the Stockholm School of Economics. He is one of Europe's most sought-after lecturers.