It's Only Money

Presumably a sentiment shared by billionaire Eli Broad, who used his American Express card to buy Lichtenstein's painting 'I ... I'm Sorry' for $2.5 million, earning him enough air miles to take him and eight friends to the moon and back. 'Part of the $10 million I spent on gambling, part on booze and part on women. The rest I spent foolishly', Hollywood star George Raft told his bank manager. What do you suppose Jimmy Cauty and Bill Drummond told theirs when they burnt a million quid in the name of art? Or what courier John Goddard reported when the briefcase he was carrying - containing bonds worth [pound]292 million - was stolen? Peter Pugh's deft combination of money, history and incredible money facts reveals that it's really not something to worry about - its value will soon change. From the very serious to the utterly ridiculous, It's Only Money tells you how to buy yourself an [pound]8,000 lunch, why children are a bad investment, and how the Queen has somehow spent [pound]5 billion in fifteen years. Book jacket.

Introduction	p. xi
Amazonia	p. 1
Buying houses	p. 2
Are there jewels in the grave?	p. 5
Negative equity	p. 6
What is rich?	p. 9
Cars - for the elite or the masses?	p. 10
The most entertaining men around	p. 13
The company car	p. 13
When in doubt, turn to sex	p. 14
[pound]15 a week? No, [pound]15 a year!	p. 15
Cockle the field!	p. 16
What's a whitesmith or a japanner?	p. 17
Hang the director	p. 20
The really poor	p. 22
Money by weight	p. 23
Gordon Bennett	p. 24
Glad you live now and not 200 years ago?	p. 24
Funerals - the Victorians loved them	p. 25
You are what you eat	p. 26
New York for [pound]3.50	p. 27
Money or your life	p. 29
Shopping	p. 30
God bless that Lord George!	p. 31
Damn nincompoop bankers!	p. 32
Buy British	p. 33
Work for only fifteen hours a week?	p. 34
Income tax at 2d	p. 35
Ursula Andress	p. 36
The world's biggest mugging	p. 36
Tulipomania or, appropriately, in Dutch - Tulpenmoerde	p. 37
Now you're seriously rich and now you're not	p. 41
Infamous corruption	p. 42
Fatal to the middle class	p. 46
The Crash of 1929	p. 49
You don't need to jump - it's only money!	p. 51
Not only stocks but land	p. 53
Listen to shoeshine boys	p. 54
The casualness of call girls	p. 58
What is inflation?	p. 59
Let them eat cake	p. 60
Knighthood or jail - depends who you work for	p. 62
The incompetence of governments	p. 63
Brussels in generous mood	p. 65
Money was vulgar	p. 66
Diana Memorial Fund - we charge, not donate	p. 68
Bollinger at [pound]1.35 a bottle	p. 70
You've never had it so good	p. 73
Is money making people happy?	p. 74
Sir Alf - they don't make them like him any more	p. 75
The maximum wage	p. 76
Rugby's gone professional too	p. 78
Gentlemen or Players?	p. 78
An Arnold Palmer Christmas tree - perfect	p. 80
Golfers' earnings	p. 84
Get rich by gambling?	p. 85
It's shares for you - in the long term	p. 89
I've sold everything except Intel	p. 95
Toys in the fast lane	p. 97
Despair of the soup kitchen	p. 98
Peter - the private punter	p. 99
Thin markets	p. 101
Penny shares	p. 102
Dead cat bounce	p. 103
The crash of '87 - Black Monday	p. 104
The closest to meltdown I'd ever want to get	p. 105
Blue-Chip Blues and Yuppies	p. 106
The dotcom bubble	p. 108
Bear Hug or Poison Pill?	p. 110
Greed is good	p. 115
Japan is buying America	p. 117
You think the bankers know what they're doing?	p. 118
Options - what are they, and who started them?	p. 125
Is your bank manager your best friend?	p. 126
Dam-busting bombs don't come cheap	p. 128
The Royal Family - the damnedest millstone	p. 130
The Queen has never won the Derby	p. 131
Your Majesty - you've shopped and you've dropped	p. 132
Robert Maxwell	p. 133
Members of Parliament at [pound]400 a year? Far too much	p. 134
The rising price of Eton	p. 136
India must be plundered	p. 137
Inherited wealth	p. 138
The Super Rich	p. 139
The most expensive meal per head	p. 144
A peerage, sir? That'll be just [pound]150,000 ([pound]7.5 million) to you	p. 145
Beware those clever bankers	p. 146
Luxuries become necessities	p. 147
Don't think a 'pre-nup' will protect you	p. 148
The erection index	p. 150
Give it away	p. 151
Affluenza	p. 152
Blow his tits off	p. 153
Why we should love America	p. 154
Are they charitable?	p. 155
A hundred million, sir? Not quite enough, I'm afraid	p. 156
[pound]1,200,000,000 - that's just my pay-cheque for the year	p. 156
It's the Roman Empire again, or Here comes Bramo	p. 158
Coins, notes? Give me work or tobacco	p. 160
Not voted for by the taxpayer	p. 160
Insider dealing	p. 163
Civil partnerships	p. 164
China is coming	p. 165
Staggering pay	p. 165
Compound interest	p. 166
What about the kids?	p. 168
Cheque book journalism	p. 169
Big money	p. 170
Sex and the City	p. 171
Relief in alcohol	p. 171
Money and disease	p. 171
It's only money!	p. 172
You wanna pay cost price, fine with me	p. 173
Not all French aristocrats are poor	p. 173
Have the guts, take a percentage	p. 174
A hundred years ago	p. 174
Finally	p. 174
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