The Price of Time
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The Price of Time
| Full title | The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest |
|---|---|
| Author | Edward Chancellor |
| Published | 2022 |
| Recommended | 3 times |
| Buy | Amazon |
| Why it’s on the list | Chancellor’s history of interest — from Babylonian loans to a decade of near-zero rates — and his argument that suppressing the price of money distorts everything priced off it. |
Where I heard about it
- @ejames_c — on X, June 2025: “for a history of interest rates, a supposedly dry topic, The Price of Time is gloriously well written.”
- Replies to @typesfast — named in the thread answering “What’s the best history book you’ve read?”, June 2025. Full list: What’s the best history book… (tweet).
- @buccocapital’s thread — named in the replies to his question “What’s the best podcast, article or essay that you’ve read recently?”, October 2026 (@jramey000: “Not what you’re looking for, but I always recommend “The Price of Time” by Chancellor.”). Full set of replies: Long flight tomorrow. What’s the… (tweet).
Connections
- Capital Allocation — what the price of money governs.
- Liquidity — the adjacent variable, and the subject of Capital Wars on this list.
- What’s the best history book… (tweet) — recommendation #2: named in this crowd-sourced thread.
What links here
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