Paradoxa monetaria, das ist: sonderbare [...] Schlussreden, uber das jetzige zerrüttede Müntzwesen

What happens when an empire’s money loses its meaning and honest men are forced to become scoundrels just to survive? Discover 40 biting, satirical paradoxes from the 1620s that reveal why a debased currency is more destructive to a nation than a physical war.