Making Money audiobook

It seems a good investment in Ankh Morporks´ future And who is one of the angel investors winsThe ridiculous thing is that much of the real life economy, and especially the banking, investment, and insurance industry are managed in similar greedy and incompetent ways. And that didn´t just start with paper money or hedge funds, the whole of human history could be seen as Driven by economic madnessPratchett uses loads of allegories, innuendos, and puns to integrate many real, in the grey area of legality, happenings that are just normal to make the one or other extra buck or a billion of them. This inherent craziness comes from the fact that Economics isn´t a hard science And thereby open to close to any manipulation. As long as the ruling class, politicians, and media define what a healthy economy should look like, there is no debate. In this regard, it was more honest millennia ago when the rule of the god emperor was combined with the greed of the traders and businessmen. Today, it´s obviously ridiculous, but because one can´t stop an endless exponential growth system circle pyramid scheme once it has started, there may be a little future problem. As if this wasn´t already bad enough Pratchett addsSlavery and schizophrenia into the mixThat he does this in an appropriate way is another sign of his talent and ingenuity, because balancing with topics that hot could easily fail is a quality master seal. But he exactly knows which amount of what humor he has to take to get laughs that don´t feel bitter. Just as with Going Postal the late, great Pratchett wrote a satire that exactly hits the nail on the head of 20th and 21st century politics, economics, and society in general.Tropes show how literature is conceptualized and created and which mixture of elements makes works and genres unique: https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.ph...This one is added to all Pratchettian reviews:https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scheibe... The idea of the dissected motifs rocks, highlighting the main real world inspirational elements of fiction and satire is something usually done with so called higher literature, but a much more interesting field in readable literature, as it offers the joy of reading, subtle criticism, and feeling smart all together.

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Making Money (Discworld, #36; Moist Von Lipwig, #2), Terry PratchettMaking Money is a fantasy novel by British writer Terry Pratchett, part of his Discworld series, first published in the UK on 20 September 2007. Moist von Lipwig is bored with his job as the Postmaster General of the Ankh-Morpork Post Office, which is running smoothly without any challenges, so the Patrician tries to persuade him to take over the Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork and the Royal Mint. Moist, content with his new lifestyle, refuses. However, when the current chairwoman, Topsy Lavish, dies, she leaves 50% of the shares in the bank to her dog, Mr Fusspot (who already owns one share of the bank, giving him a majority and making him chairman), and she leaves the dog to Moist. She also made sure that the Assassins' Guild would fulfill a contract on Moist if anything unnatural happens to the dog or he does not do as her last will commands.With no alternatives, Moist takes over the bank and finds out that people do not trust banks much, that the production of money runs slowly and at a loss, and that people now use stamps as currency rather than coins. His various ambitious changes include making money that is not backed by gold but by the city itself. Unfortunately, neither the chief cashier (Mr. Bent, who is rumoured to be a vampire but is actually something much worse) nor the Lavish family are too happy with him and try to dispose of him. Cosmo Lavish tries to go one step further — he attempts to replace Vetinari by taking on his identity — with little success. However all the while, the reappearance of a character from von Lipwig's past adds more pressure to his unfortunate scenario. ...تاریخ نخستین خوانش روز دهم ماه مارس سال 2020میلادیعنوان: دیسک ورلد (جهان صفحه) کتاب سی و ششم: بدست آوردن پول؛ نویسنده تری پرچت؛ موضوع داستانهای نویسندگان بریتانیایی - سده 20مدیسک ورلد (جهان صفجه)، یک سری از کتابهای فانتزی هستند، که روانشاد «تری پرچت»، نویسنده ی «انگلیسی»، نگاشته ‌اند؛ داستان‌های این سری در جهانی با نام «دیسک‌ ورلد (جهان صفحه)» می‌گذرند؛ که صفحه‌ ای تخت است، و بر شانه‌ های «چهار فیل»، با هیکلهای بزرگ، قرار دارد؛ این فیل‌ها نیز، به نوبه ی خود، بر روی پشت یک «لاک‌پشت غول‌آسا»، با نام «آتوئین بزرگ» قرار دارند؛ در این سری از کتابها، بارها از سوژه های کتاب‌های نویسندگانی همچون «جی.آر.آر تالکین»، «رابرت هاوارد»، «اچ پی لاوکرافت»، و «ویلیام شکسپیر»، به گونه ای خنده دار، استفاده شده ‌است؛از سری «دیسک ‌ورلد» بیشتر از هشتاد میلیون نسخه، در سی و هفت زبان، به فروش رفته‌ است؛ این سری در برگیرنده ی بیش از چهل رمان (تاکنون چهل و یک رمان)، یازده داستان کوتاه، چهار کتاب علمی، و چندین کتاب مرجع، و مکمل است؛ از این سری، چندین رمان تصویری، بازی کامپیوتری، نمایش تئاتر، سریالهای تلویزیونی اقتباس شده ‌است؛ روزنامه ی «ساندی تایمز» چاپ «انگلستان» از این سری به عنوان یکی از پرفروش‌ترین سری کتاب‌ها نام برده، و «تری پرچت» را، به عنوان پرفروش‌ترین نویسنده ی «انگلستان»، در دهه ی نود میلادی دانسته است؛رمان‌های «دیسک‌ورلد» جوایز بسیاری از جمله جایزه «پرومتئوس»، و مدال ادبی «کارنگی» را، از آن خود کرده ‌اند؛ در نظرسنجی «بیگ رید»، که «بی‌بی‌سی» در سال 2003میلادی، در «انگلستان» انجام داد، چهار رمان سری «دیسک‌ورلد»؛ در فهرست یکصد کتاب برتر قرار گرفتند؛ همچنین مردمان «انگلیس»، در این نظرسنجی، چهارده رمان «دیسک‌ورلد» را، در شمار دویست کتاب برتر، دانستند؛ تا کنون، از این سری، چهل و یک رمان، به چاپ رسیده است؛ «تری پرچت» که پیش از درگذشتش؛ در ابتدای سال 2015میلادی، از بیماری «آلزایمر» رنج می‌بردند، اعلام کردند که خوشحال می‌شوند که دخترشان، «ریانا پرچت»، به جای ایشان، به ادامه ی این سری بپردازند؛ تا جلد بیست و ششم رمان این سری، رمان «دزد زمان (2001میلادی)» به دست «جاش کربی»، به تصویر کشیده شده ‌اند، اما نسخه ‌های «آمریکایی»، که انتشارات «هارپرکالینز» آن‌ها را، منتشر کرده، دارای تصاویر روی جلد متفاوتی هستند؛ پس از درگذشت «جاش کربی»، در سال 2001میلادی، نقاشی‌های روی جلد کتاب‌های بعدی این سری، بدست «پائول کربی» کشیده‌ شدندکتابهای اول و دوم: «رنگ جادو»؛ کتاب سوم: «زنان جادوگر»؛ کتاب چهارم: «مرگ»؛ کتاب پنجم: «سورسری (برگردان فارسی جادوی مرجع)»؛ کتاب ششم: «خواهران ویرد»؛ کتاب هفتم: «هرم ها»؛ کتاب هشتم: «نگهبانان! نگهبانان»؛ کتاب نهم: «اریک»؛ کتاب دهم: «تصاویر متحرک»؛ کتاب یازدهم: «مرد دروگر»؛ کتاب دوازدهم: «جادوگران خارج»؛ کتاب سیزدهم: «ایزدان خرد (خدایان کوچک)»؛ کتاب چهاردهم: «لردها و بانوان»؛ کتاب پانزدهم: «مردان مسلح»؛ کتاب شانزدهم: «موسیقی روح»؛ کتاب هفدهم: «اوقات جالب»؛ کتاب هجدهم: «ماسکراد»؛ کتاب نوزدهم: «پاهای خشت (فیت آو کلی)»؛ کتاب بیستم: «هاگفادر»؛ کتاب بیست و یکم: «جینگو»؛ کتاب بیست و دوم: «آخرین قاره»؛ کتاب بیست و سوم: «کارپه جوگلوم»؛ کتاب بیست و چهارم: «فیل پنجم»؛ کتاب بیست و پنجم: «حقیقت»؛ کتاب بیست و ششم: «دزد زمان»؛ کتاب بیست و هفتم: «آخرین قهرمان»؛ کتاب بیست و هشتم: «ماوریس شگفت‌انگیز و موش‌های آموزش‌دیده‌اش»؛ کتاب بیست و نهم: «ساعت شب»؛ کتاب سی ام: «مردان آزاد وی»؛ کتاب سی و یکم: «هنگ بزرگ»؛ کتاب سی و دوم: «کلاهی پُر از آسمان»؛ کتاب سی و سوم: «گوینگ پوستال»؛ کتاب سی و چهارم: «تود!»؛ کتاب سی و پنجم: «وینتراسمیت»؛ کتاب سی و ششم: «بدست آوردن پول»؛ کتاب سی و هفتم: «دانشگاهی‌های نادیدنی»؛ کتاب سی و هشتم: «نیمه‌شب بایست بپوشم»؛ کتاب سی و نهم: «اسنوف»؛ کتاب چهلم: «بالا آمدن مه»؛ کتاب چهل و یکم: «تاج چوپان»؛تاریخ بهنگام رسانی 08/01/1400هجری خورشیدی؛ ا. شربیانی

Moist von Lipwig is bored. The Post Office can now function without his intervention, the Clacks Towers are also on the mend, so people keep supplying him with increasingly boring reports, and, on top of everything, his fiance is off on a mysterious business trip. With no other heart-stopping adventures to rear themselves on their own, our intrepid (anti)hero has no choice but manufacture one. And things almost get out of hand... for a minute or two.Lord Vetinari, ever attuned to his favorite conman's mood, is ready with a solution: the opportunity to "survive on [his] own wits against powerful and dangerous enemies, with every day presenting fresh challenges". And all Lipwig has to do is agree to take on the sketchy business of revamping The Royal Mint, along with the Royal Bank of Ankh-Morpork. His lack of banking experience may even help, so that he has no preconceptions.I have first read this novel some 10 years prior, cuddled up in a tiny Parisian hotel room, much more interested in exploring the French tourist sites, than the intricacies of financial humor. With almost no other social engagements to honor (courtesy of the current pandemic), I was able to give my full attention to the book. And what a fantastic ride it gave me!I greatly enjoyed Lord Vetinari's ever changing tactics when it came to forcing gently cajoling people into doing his bidding. While in the prequel he would innocently threaten Lipwig with throwing him into an (almost) bottomless pit, this time around he was quite happy to leave things to the (ex-)conman's imagination, letting the man slowly but surely work himself up into a frenzy.Then there was also Cosmo Lavish's obsession with the Patrician, firmly convinced that nothing short of stealing the man's identity would help him defeat Vetinari. An interesting plan, if only he weren't so easily duped into paying for fakes. As a reader however, following his delusional machinations certainly provided endless moments of entertainment.There was precious little that I outright disliked in this story, mainly related to a very confusing memory of movie vs. book events from the prequel (see Going Postal). It seems that I got more attached to movie-Adora Belle's self-sufficiency than I thought, so I got rather annoyed at having Lipwig save her. But for those of you who have had the good sense to refrain from (re)watching the movie version tens of times, this will probably be a non-issue.Score: 4.6/5 starsWith these two such different reading styles behind me, I have to conclude that going through the prequel before embarking on this book made for a vast improvement in reading experience. ===================Other books starring Moist von Lipwig:Review of book 1: Going PostalReview of book 3: Raising Steam

This is the follow-up to Going Postal, in which the former con-man Moist von Lipwig sets up the new Ankh-Morpork post office and thwarts the evil corporate wiles of the Clacks.When my co-workers asked me what I was reading, I told them, "It's a fantasy about.... About banking."I know, I know, it sounds like a bizarre topic for a fantasy novel, even for a Discworld novel, but gods bless Terry Pratchett, he can even make basic economic theory interesting. Why is it not that bad that a penny costs more than a penny to make? Why don't we need gold to back our currency anymore? Why do these little pieces of paper in our wallets actually mean anything?It could be implied, from reading this, that modern economics are a result of a grand, elaborate con.You see, money is only worth something because we say it is. Oh, we can pretend it's based on gold, which we think is valuable because it's rare, or shiny. We can pretend it's based on the integrity of our nation, and hope that our nation's integrity never falters. We can base it on anything we want, but the key is this - the paper in your wallet only has value because we all agree that it does.Now the reason this book isn't an economic treatise, of course, is because it has a plot. Golems, assassins, and madmen conspire to rule the economic future of the city, and all of them want Moist von Lipwig out of the way....

Out of all the recent -- or perhaps going back to the very start -- Discworld books, there has never been one that struck right to the core absurdity of our world more than this one.Maybe that's just me. Or maybe I just find money outrageously funny.It's probably just me.Regardless of my little foible, Pratchett strikes to the heart of the matter, making fun of the gold standard and illustrating to us the absurdity of the IDEA of money, while all the while giving us golems, golden suits, clown guilds, a dog who runs a bank, and a very interesting con-man who keeps finding himself in bigger and brighter boiling vats of oil. This might be one of my very favorite Discworlds. :)

Moist von Lipwig has become a responsible authority of the community as Postmaster in Ankh-Morpork. He’s designed numerous stamps, the Post Office is flourishing, he’s got staff and has to organize such quaint little things as pension funds etc. In short: he’s bored. Nothing challenges him anymore. Lord Vetinari, as fans know, is THE leader. He’s the embodiment of silently threatening authority figures with a brain (the most dangerous and rare of combinations). As such, he knows of Moist’s problem. And as he really is a GOOD leader on top of everything else, he makes sure Moist gets a new challenge, which will also advance Vetinari’s own plans (win-wins are always nice).Thus, after revolutionizing the Post Office, our favorite con man becomes the manager of the Royal Mint of Ankh-Morpork as well as the bank right next to it! Ayup, a master thief in charge of an institution managing other people’s money. He now must even figure out a way to make money! Once again, he has to dust off an old defunct system and find creative ways to make it work. Preferrably before Lord Vetinari makes one of his non-threats come true. As if that wasn’t enough, there is also a certain last will and testament resulting in the Assassins Guild watching him VERY closely. And between having to take the Chairman for his daily walkies, Moist is also stressed out over his girlfriend potentially starting some legal action against/with the dwarves (which we all know is even worse than going to war against them). Some entitled little brats are sure to get what they deserve. *evil grin*Yes, this is Terry Pratchett taking on the financial sector and all the sheer indescribably criminal ways most people in it work around laws and take people’s hard-earned money. He never goes so far as to SAY that bankers STEAL but let’s be real here: he put a THIEF in charge. *lol* He’s basically pointing out the obvious that some refuse to acknowledge while others apparently don’t dare point it out. Yes, the author it beating us with a sack of coins and calls it a massage. *snickers* All the commentary is once again as deliciously dark-humored as one expects from this master storyteller. The ridiculousness of the machinations directly mirroring our real-world’s insanity. If you don’t believe me, look at some of the passages I quoted.I think I liked this even more than the last one with the Post Office. Both topics are more than timely (apparently regardless of when you’re reading this book). I laughed out loud while also cheering every time TP was dealing out yet another blow. Which is to say, I never had a moment of rest while reading this as the story never lets up.Wonderful as usual, this time spiced a little bit more than in some other installments of the series even. In fact, and I at first couldn’t believe it to be true, this might have become one of my favorite novels of the series!

Quite fun. Fairly typical of the non-major-character stories in the series, although Moist von Lipzwig might be becoming a major character. The plot is a simplification of Going Postal: Vetinari ropes Moist into leaving his post as Postmaster and taking over as Assistant to the chairman of the Bank of Ankh-Morpork. Seeing as the chairman is a lapdog, this puts him in charge. The family that has run the bank for generations doesn't like this, the bank manager doesn't like Moist, and a mad scientist in the basement with an Igor is about to Do Something.Oh, and Moist's girlfriend Spike is stirring up trouble with the golems again and might be starting a war with the Low King. Which is actually kind of tame for her. On the plus side, there is a lecherous lich leering after her, so Moist gets to get jealous. As with all the Vetinari-centered, non-major-character stories (and with about half of the Vimes stories), this one is about the city as a living character in and of itself, asking the same question governments have been struggling with for thousands of years: what makes something valuable, and how can we get control of it? Ankh-Morpork is on the gold standard, which is entirely too inelastic for Moist's view of the world, but no Discworld economist has proposed any alternative and people don't know whether they can trust money they can't block magic with. The economic question of automation springs up again, although the take on it is from the other side than it was in The Truth: what if it isn't one craft that's reduced from an industry to a cottage craft but instead categories of unskilled labor? How does the ripple of economic change spread and how can it gain momentum instead of lose it. This is always presented to Moist in the negative sense: how his rash ideas that words and passions can save people more than sensibility and money can could destroy even Ankh-Morpork; it takes him a long time to see the flip side of that coin.On the downside, this isn't really anything excitingly new for Discworld. I'll keep reading the same stuff from Pratchett forever--it's brilliant. But sometimes he rises above the (already high) crowd and gives us a Night Watch, or a Fifth Elephant; if the occasional Monstrous Regiment is the price we pay to get them, then I'm happy to pay it. I did laugh out loud through this one, reading far too many lines to my girlfriend (who was waiting to read it after me), so it's great in that Discworld-is-funny way (unlike, say Monstrous Regiment or Thud), but it's one of those "wait for the coincidences to catch up and then for Vetinari to show that he's known it all along" books, which are just so-so in my opinion.Well, well worth reading for the humor, but don't drop Night Watch for it.

Making Money is the second book in the Moist von Lipwig subseries of Discworld. I’m enjoying this subseries quite a bit; I’m sorry it only has three books.In this book, Moist von Lipwig finds himself unexpectedly involved in banking. The way in which this happens is pretty amusing, and the situation provides many chuckles throughout the book. I’m still really enjoying the character, and I also love that Lord Vetinari gets some decent page time in this subseries. The story itself wasn’t super exciting, and I was never in any great suspense about what would happen next, but it was funny and held my attention throughout.

Siempre que leo alguno de los libros del Mundodisco (lo que últimamente parece ser con demasiada frecuencia, lo reconozco) digo lo mismo: que cualquiera podría ser el antídoto perfecto para una depresión. Y con este no va a ser con el que me retracte, pese a que no me ha atrapado como otros y a que tiene una resolución, a mi juicio, algo falta de chispa. Sin embargo, lo que me ha hecho quitarle una estrella no ha sido eso, sino el hecho de que en este caso no solo no me ha parecido encontrarme con una novela independiente (si no hubiera leído anteriormente “Cartas en el asunto” me habría perdido muchas cosas y no habría terminado de captar del todo el funcionamiento de las dinámicas de relación entre varios personajes), sino que, además, no creo que se le de una buena continuidad a la que, se supone, le precede “temáticamente”. ¡¡Justicia para los funcionarios de correos!!

10/24/19: Another audiobook re-read, this time so I could do crafts and miniatures painting with something to listen to. I liked the narrator better this time around, but it's good there isn't much Commander Vimes in this one, because I completely disagree with his interpretation of the character. Also noticed Moist's verbal tic of beginning a sentence with "O-kaaay," which I actually like. Now I have to decide if I'm going to finish off with Raising Steam, which I've only ever read once.1/6/17: I re-read this as an audiobook as a test of the library's Overdrive system with my new phone and was surprised to see, when it's read aloud, how much there is of the Patrician in this book. (Stephen Briggs is not my favoritest narrator ever; his Patrician sounds like Stephen Fry, and yeah, who doesn't love Stephen Fry, he's just not how I imagine the Patrician sounding. And Briggs' default generic voice is Sort Of Scandinavian Or Something, which is just weird.)Anyway, what I said below still goes, except for the final sentence, since now we know we got Raising Steam instead of the implied book about reforming the Ankh-Morpork tax system. I've only read that one once, which probably says something about how I liked it.Read 8/12/10: Of all the Discworld novels, the ones featuring Moist von Lipwig are my favorites. I'm a sucker for rogues, and our hero is that in spades. What else can I say? I like everything about this book, including:*the chain-smoking Adora Belle Dearheart, sensible and single-minded and still very attached to Moist*Gladys the golem and her never-ending quest to become a Proper Lady*the eternal question of how to deal with forgery (which in this case is to enlist the forgers on the side of Good)*Angels, and the existence or lack thereof*Igor*The power of symbolism, in currency, necromancy, and the Golden SuitI would very much like to see Moist tackle Ankh-Morpork's tax system, as the Patrician hints at the end of the book. Given Mr. Pratchett's health problems, that book would be especially welcome.

I enjoyed it even more on second reading.

Since I had a bit of time before I went to the library, I decided to reread another book – Making Money by Terry Pratchett. It’s one of the Discworld Ankh Morpork books, but it stars the ex-conman Moist von Lipwig (instead of being part of the Watch series).At the start of Making Money, Moist has managed to reform the postal service and make it a respectable situation. He’s also very bored. So Lord Venitari, everyone’s favourite dictator, has a suggestion – why not take over the Royal Mint and the bank next door? Naturally, Moist runs from this dangerous suggestion, but Venitari has his ways and Moist soon finds himself trying to transition Ankh Morpork from hard money (money backed by the gold standard) and fiat money (money issued by the government Lord Venitari/Moist that isn’t backed by any standard). Oh, and he has to take the chairman of the bank, a dog, for walks and try to convince his girlfriend not to keep rescuing golems.So I generally have two opinions about Discworld:The first few books are not as funny as the latter books, becuase Pratchett takes a while to hit his strideYour favourite book(s) will depend on your favourite characters, because there are so many mini-series in DiscworldAnd basically both my opinions hold true about this book because while I definitely found this funny (and funnier than say, the Rincewind books), this is not my favourite because my favourite character groups are the Watch and Witches.My favourite part of this book is easily the economic factor. It’s been a while since I last studied the theory of money, so I quite enjoyed the part where Moist tries to move Ankh Morpork from the gold standard to fiat currency. It does seem that Ankh Morpork is moving in the same general direction as us people on earth, but with a twist since they’re located on a disc carried by four elephants who are standing on a giant turtle.Overall, this was a fun reread! If you’re not familiar with Pratchett’s Discworld series, Making Money may be a good starting point since by this point, Pratchett had already gotten past the bumpy first few books AND you don’t have to be familiar with the other mini-series to enjoy this.This review was first posted at Eustea Reads