泰德·克罗福德所著的《金钱传》目前已翻译成了25种国家的文字,是一本世界范围内的畅销书,销售量已达到了两千万册。《金钱传》跨越经济学、人类学、社会学、历史学、神学与美学的界线,收集了古往今来世界各地的神话寓言以揭示金钱在人类历史进程中的本质。从土著特殊的财富积累到殖民地时期的烟草交易,从犹太人传说到中国的民间故事,克罗福德广泛地讲述金钱从一般等价物过渡到社会象征物时,人们对金 Ted Croftord’s Money Chronicles has now been translated into 25 languages, is a worldwide bestseller, sales volume has reached 20 million. The Biography of Money transcends the boundaries of economics, anthropology, sociology, history, theology and aesthetics and collects the mythological parable of the world from ancient to present times to reveal the essence of money in the course of human history. From the accumulation of indigenous special wealth to the tobacco trade during the colonial period, from Jewish legends to China’s folk tales, Crowford spoke extensively about the transition of money from a generic equivalent to a social symbol,