book
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
Ferguson, Niall. The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World. New York: Penguin Press, 2008.
Why this matters here
Ferguson's financial history situates gold and other stores of value in the development of money and banking. Living in Sediment invokes the historical narrative where durable matter shapes intuitions about value; it does not equate material permanence with an eternal monetary standard.
