RMIT University is delighted to partner with The Wheeler Centre and present David McWilliams talking about his book Money: A Story of Humanity' in conversation with radio presenter and RMIT PhD candidate Jacinta Parsons this October.
Money is one of the most seductive and enduring concepts that humanity has ever created. Over the course of history, it has built and toppled nations, sparked wars, crimes and revolutions – and fuelled extraordinary leaps in art, philosophy and science.
In this engaging session, economist David McWilliams charts the deep and often uneasy relationship between humans and money. Raising profound questions about societal order (and disorder) and the inequalities embedded into the very foundations of our civilisations, he argues that money has the potential to allow all of us to live in conditions of greater freedom and equality – and yet has failed to ever truly deliver on that promise.
Join McWilliams, with radio presenter and RMIT PhD candidate Jacinta Parsons, as he unlocks the mysteries of money and its grip on our lives.
Presented by RMIT University in partnership with The Wheeler Centre.
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