My guest today is Kabir Sehgal, a New York Times bestselling author and Grammy Award-winning producer. He is currently a vice president at JPMorgan Chase. Sehgal’s new book, Coined: The Rich Life of Money and How Its History Has Shaped Us, caught Covel’s eye. This is a subject layered in complexity and depth. Just about everything that goes on in our lives is decided by money and Sehgal digs into its story on a micro level. The topic is his book Coined: The Rich Life of Money and How Its History Has Shaped Us. In this episode of Trend Following Radio we discuss: Sehgal’s history Sehgal’s experience winning a Grammy for production and the idea of “no boxes” Why Sehgal sees his life like a jazz composition Defining money as a symbol of value The neurological effects and artistic aspects of money The currency of the natural world Whether Sehgal sees “money as the root of all evil” The idea of charity The politics of money The internationalization of currency Hyperinflation Gold, and Sehgal’s experience going to the basement of the New York Fed Digital money and bitcoin Jump in! --- I’m MICHAEL COVEL, the host of TREND FOLLOWING RADIO, and I’m proud to have delivered 10+ million podcast listens since 2012. Investments, economics, psychology, politics, decision-making, human behavior, entrepreneurship and trend following are all passionately explored and debated on my show. To start? I’d like to give you a great piece of advice you can use in your life and trading journey… cut your losses! You will find much more about that philosophy here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/trend/ You can watch a free video here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/video/ Can’t get enough of this episode? You can choose from my thousand plus episodes here: https://www.trendfollowing.com/podcast My social media platforms: Twitter: @covel Facebook: @trendfollowing LinkedIn: @covel Instagram: @mikecovel Hope you enjoy my never-ending podcast conversation!