Regular readers know that from time to time I publish my reviews of books that I have recently read. I also publish guest posts from time to time as well. In variance that combines these two practices, today I am posting a guest book review, by fellow Clevelander, attorney, and writer Mark Gamin. In this guest post, Gamin reviews the recent book by Yale School of Management Professor William N. Goetzmann entitled Money Changes Everything: How Finances Made Civilization Possible. I would like to thank Mark for his willingness to publish his guest post on this site. I welcome guest post submissions on topics of interest to this site’s readers. Please contact me directly if you would like to submit a guest post. Here is Mark’s guest post.
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