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This is the audio version of The Reason Livestream, which takes place every Thursday at 1 p.m. Eastern.

“At its core, money is a ledger,” writes investment analyst Lyn Alden in her new book Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better. 

And if money is a ledger, she says, the most important question to consider is, “Who controls the ledger?”

Zach Weissmueller spoke with Alden about her book, which is a true tour de force that lays out the history of money from its inception to present, takes you deep into the dueling schools of thought around money’s fundamental properties, offers a macro analysis of today’s global monetary and fiscal situation, and charts a path forward for transitioning the world to better, more sound money in the future. If you care about any of this—and really, who doesn’t care about money?—this one is a must-read.

“At its core, money is a ledger,” writes investment analyst Lyn Alden in her new book Broken Money: Why Our Financial System is Failing Us and How We Can Make it Better. 

And if money is a ledger, the most important question to consider, she says, is “who controls the ledger?”

Join Zach Weissmueller this Thursday at 1 p.m. ET on Reason‘s YouTube channel for a conversation with Alden about her book, the history of money, the way that central banking has distorted the economy and U.S. foreign policy, and her proposed path forward for transitioning the world to better, more sound money in the future.