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.”

Last Friday of each month · 16:30–17:30 CET/CEST · Online

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Upcoming Sessions
Title Author Date Recording
The New Lombard Street Perry Mehrling Fri 31 Jul 2026 —
The Theory of the Leisure Class pt.1 Thorstein Veblen Fri 26 Jun 2026 —
Moneyland Oliver Bullough Fri 29 May 2026 —
Backlog
  1. Payments Infrastructure — Operational / Technical
  2. Introduction to Payments and Financial Market Infrastructures Ulrich Bindseil & George Pantelopoulos Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  3. Between Payments and Credit George Pantelopoulos Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  4. Payments Systems in the U.S. Benson, Loftesness & Jones Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  5. The Anatomy of the Swipe Ahmed Siddiqui Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  6. SWIFT: Cooperative Governance for Network Innovation Susan Scott & Markos Zachariadis Financial History & Regulation
  7. Birth of a Market Kenneth Garbade Financial History & Regulation
  8. The Repo Market Scott Skyrm Financial History & Regulation
  9. Monetary Theory
  10. The New Lombard Street Perry Mehrling Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  11. The Money Interest and the Public Interest Perry Mehrling Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  12. A Market Theory of Money John Hicks Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  13. The Money Problem Morgan Ricks Financial History & Regulation
  14. Minsky Daniel H. Neilson Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  15. A Political Theory of Money Anush Kapadia Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  16. Our Money Leah Downey Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  17. The Empire of Value André Orléan Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  18. The Currency of Politics Stefan Eich Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  19. Making Money Christine Desan Financial History & Regulation
  20. Treatise on Money Joseph Schumpeter Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  21. Central Banking & Credit
  22. Controlling Credit Eric Monnet Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  23. The Rise of Central Banks Leon Wansleben Financial History & Regulation
  24. Benjamin Strong: Central Banker Lester V. Chandler Financial History & Regulation
  25. The Federal Reserve System Paul Warburg Financial History & Regulation
  26. Calming the Storms Charles Read Financial History & Regulation
  27. Geopolitics, Capital Flows & Financial Fragility
  28. Capital Wars Michael J. Howell International Finance & Economic History
  29. The Volatility Machine Michael Pettis International Finance & Economic History
  30. The Rise of Carry Lee, Lee & Coldiron International Finance & Economic History
  31. The Arena of International Finance Charles A. Coombs International Finance & Economic History
  32. International Capital Movements Charles Kindleberger International Finance & Economic History
  33. A Financial History of Western Europe Charles Kindleberger International Finance & Economic History
  34. Manias, Panics, and Crashes Charles Kindleberger Financial History & Regulation
  35. The Long Twentieth Century Giovanni Arrighi International Finance & Economic History
  36. Private Money and Public Currencies Boyer-Xambeu, Deleplace & Gillard International Finance & Economic History
  37. A History of the Greenbacks Wesley C. Mitchell International Finance & Economic History
  38. The Golden Age of the Quantity Theory David Laidler International Finance & Economic History
  39. The Almighty Dollar Brendan Greely International Finance & Economic History