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 · 16:00–17:30 CET · Online

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Upcoming Sessions
Title Author Date Recording
Moneyland Oliver Bullough Fri 29 May 2026
Backlog
  1. 01 Between Payments and Credit George Pantelopoulos Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  2. 02 The New Lombard Street Perry Mehrling Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  3. 03 Minsky Daniel H. Neilson Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  4. 04 Introduction to Payments and Financial Market Infrastructures Ulrich Bindseil & George Pantelopoulos Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  5. 05 Payments Systems in the U.S. Benson, Loftesness & Jones Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  6. 06 The Anatomy of the Swipe Ahmed Siddiqui Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  7. 07 Controlling Credit Eric Monnet Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  8. 08 The Money Interest and the Public Interest Perry Mehrling Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  9. 09 The Empire of Value André Orléan Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  10. 10 Currency and Credit Ralph Hawtrey Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  11. 11 A Market Theory of Money John Hicks Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  12. 12 Treatise on Money Joseph Schumpeter Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  13. 13 The Currency of Politics Stefan Eich Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  14. 14 Our Money Leah Downey Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  15. 15 A Political Theory of Money Anush Kapadia Monetary Theory & Payments Infrastructure
  16. 16 Treasure Islands Nicholas Shaxson Financial History & Regulation
  17. 17 The Money Problem Morgan Ricks Financial History & Regulation
  18. 18 Making Money Christine Desan Financial History & Regulation
  19. 19 SWIFT: Cooperative Governance for Network Innovation Susan Scott & Markos Zachariadis Financial History & Regulation
  20. 20 Beyond Banks Dan Awrey Financial History & Regulation
  21. 21 Moneyland Oliver Bullough Financial History & Regulation
  22. 22 Birth of a Market Kenneth Garbade Financial History & Regulation
  23. 23 The Repo Market Scott Skyrm Financial History & Regulation
  24. 24 An Engine, Not a Camera Donald MacKenzie Financial History & Regulation
  25. 25 Manias, Panics, and Crashes Charles Kindleberger Financial History & Regulation
  26. 26 Fighting Financial Crises Gorton & Tallman Financial History & Regulation
  27. 27 Fragile by Design Calomiris & Haber Financial History & Regulation
  28. 28 The Evolution of Central Banking Stefano Ugolini Financial History & Regulation
  29. 29 The Rise of Central Banks Leon Wansleben Financial History & Regulation
  30. 30 The Federal Reserve System Paul Warburg Financial History & Regulation
  31. 31 Benjamin Strong: Central Banker Lester V. Chandler Financial History & Regulation
  32. 32 Calming the Storms Charles Read Financial History & Regulation
  33. 33 Capital Wars Michael J. Howell International Finance & Economic History
  34. 34 The Rise of Carry Lee, Lee & Coldiron International Finance & Economic History
  35. 35 The Volatility Machine Michael Pettis International Finance & Economic History
  36. 36 The Long Twentieth Century Giovanni Arrighi International Finance & Economic History
  37. 37 Material World Ed Conway International Finance & Economic History
  38. 38 The War Below Ernest Scheyder International Finance & Economic History
  39. 39 Private Money and Public Currencies Boyer-Xambeu, Deleplace & Gillard International Finance & Economic History
  40. 40 The Wheels of Commerce Fernand Braudel International Finance & Economic History
  41. 41 A Financial History of Western Europe Charles Kindleberger International Finance & Economic History
  42. 42 Money and Empire Marcello De Cecco International Finance & Economic History
  43. 43 International Capital Movements Charles Kindleberger International Finance & Economic History
  44. 44 The Arena of International Finance Charles A. Coombs International Finance & Economic History
  45. 45 The Golden Age of the Quantity Theory David Laidler International Finance & Economic History
  46. 46 A History of the Greenbacks Wesley C. Mitchell International Finance & Economic History
  47. 47 Capitalizing on Crisis Greta Krippner Infrastructure & Political Economy
  48. 48 Central Bank Capitalism Joscha Wullweber Infrastructure & Political Economy
  49. 49 The Bailout State Martijn Konings Infrastructure & Political Economy
  50. 50 The Grid Gretchen Bakke Infrastructure & Political Economy
  51. 51 The Collapse of Complex Societies Joseph Tainter Infrastructure & Political Economy