Introduction

The chapter starts with providing justifications for writing a new book on money and inflation despite the availability of many books, articles, and online materials. The chapter states that though those works have advanced the scholarship—they are insufficient in addressing money and money-related matters in the modern world. The proof is in the inability of nation states in managing monetary matters like inflation and the cost of living crisis. Moreover, those academic works are lacking in clarity as such general people, even trained academics are frequently seen to have no understanding of money. Accordingly, the chapter forwards the goal of developing a new scholarship on money and inflation. The latter part of the chapter discusses the writing style used in the book along with influences, and acknowledges the contribution made by various well-wishers.