Cavemen with Smartphones: how evolution shaped history and finance

What do your dating life, financial illiteracy, and the characterisation of Mickey Mouse have in common?These are all factors deeply affected by the environments we developed in as a species. In this thought-provoking and controversial book, financial journalist Richard Amador examines the evolution of human psychology in order to explain the development of trade, civilisation and world finance.Whether you’re living mammoth to mammoth, or paycheque to paycheque, we have the same psychological quirks. We’re the same creatures that tamed the wild and landed on the moon. Yet we’re also the ones who gossip and go to war.This book is all about humanity; the factors that shaped our minds and how we put our brains to use. With intelligence came knowledge. Wisdom gave us civilisation. Society brought us finance. The free markets gave us choice... Read more