A monthly reading group for fintech practitioners who want to understand money and payments before they build products around it. The group focuses on serious scholarship rather than hype.
“Attendance is reserved for those who have read the book. Sessions are not introductions, they are conversations among people who have done the work.”
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Upcoming Sessions
| Title | Author | Date | Recording |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Theory of the Leisure Class pt.1 | Thorstein Veblen | Fri 26 Jun 2026 | — |
| Moneyland | Oliver Bullough | Fri 29 May 2026 | — |
Backlog
- The Wheels of Commerce International Finance & Economic History
- Treatise on Money Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
- The Great Transformation Consumption, Status & Social Theory
- The Theory of the Leisure Class Consumption, Status & Social Theory
- The Philosophy of Money Consumption, Status & Social Theory
- Distinction Consumption, Status & Social Theory
- The Long Twentieth Century International Finance & Economic History
- Manias, Panics, and Crashes Financial History & Regulation
- Making Money Financial History & Regulation
- The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life Consumption, Status & Social Theory
- Deceit, Desire and the Novel Consumption, Status & Social Theory
- The Denial of Death Consumption, Status & Social Theory
- An Engine, Not a Camera Financial History & Regulation
- The Society of the Spectacle Consumption, Status & Social Theory
- A Financial History of Western Europe International Finance & Economic History
- Thinking, Fast and Slow Behavioural Economics & Decision Making
- Currency and Credit Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
- A Market Theory of Money Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
- The Collapse of Complex Societies Infrastructure & Political Economy
- The Empire of Value Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
- Capitalizing on Crisis Infrastructure & Political Economy
- Fragile by Design Financial History & Regulation
- The Evolution of Central Banking Financial History & Regulation
- A History of the Greenbacks International Finance & Economic History
- The Golden Age of the Quantity Theory International Finance & Economic History
- The New Lombard Street Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
- The Money Interest and the Public Interest Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
- Private Money and Public Currencies International Finance & Economic History
- The Federal Reserve System Financial History & Regulation
- Money and Empire International Finance & Economic History
- The Currency of Politics Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
- Central Bank Capitalism Infrastructure & Political Economy
- Fighting Financial Crises Financial History & Regulation
- Controlling Credit Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
- The Rise of Central Banks Financial History & Regulation
- Capital Wars International Finance & Economic History
- The Volatility Machine International Finance & Economic History
- Minsky Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
- The Bailout State Infrastructure & Political Economy
- Influence Behavioural Economics & Decision Making
- Diffusion of Innovations How Trends & Behaviours Spread
- The Joyless Economy Consumption, Status & Social Theory
- Benjamin Strong: Central Banker Financial History & Regulation
- Calming the Storms Financial History & Regulation
- The Rise of Carry International Finance & Economic History
- International Capital Movements International Finance & Economic History
- A Political Theory of Money Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
- Our Money Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
- Treasure Islands Financial History & Regulation
- Moneyland Financial History & Regulation
- The Money Problem Financial History & Regulation
- Beyond Banks Financial History & Regulation
- The Grid Infrastructure & Political Economy
- Material World International Finance & Economic History
- The War Below International Finance & Economic History
- Nudge Behavioural Economics & Decision Making
- Predictably Irrational Behavioural Economics & Decision Making
- The Paradox of Choice Behavioural Economics & Decision Making
- Luxury Fever Consumption, Status & Social Theory
- Spent Consumption, Status & Social Theory
- The Status Game Consumption, Status & Social Theory
- Everything is Obvious How Trends & Behaviours Spread
- The Tipping Point How Trends & Behaviours Spread
- Birth of a Market Financial History & Regulation
- The Repo Market Financial History & Regulation
- The Arena of International Finance International Finance & Economic History
- SWIFT: Cooperative Governance for Network Innovation Financial History & Regulation
- Between Payments and Credit Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
- Introduction to Payments and Financial Market Infrastructures Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
- Payments Systems in the U.S. Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
- The Anatomy of the Swipe Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure