From new crypto kings to the invention of money: 2024's best books on economics

John Daly looks at the best business books of 2024 

Sam Bankman-Fried, the so-called genius in a rumpled t-shirt and cargo shorts. He is the focus of Michael Lewis' book The rise and Fall of a New Tycoon. Picture: Stephanie Keith/Bloomberg

Money: A Story of Humanity by David McWilliams 

Down through the ages, Money been the object of humanity’s desires and the engine of our genius. For some, it is civilisation’s greatest invention, and whether we like it or not, our world revolves around it.