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The ascent of money : a financial history of the world / Niall Ferguson.
Author
Ferguson, Niall
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Format
Book
Language
English
Published/Created
New York : Penguin Press, 2008.
Description
v, 441 p. ; 24 cm.
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HG171 .F47 2008
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Subject(s)
Finance
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History
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Economic history
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Economics
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History
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Money
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History
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International finance
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History
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Series
New York Times best sellers.
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Summary note
Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labor. But historian Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. What's more, he reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history. Through Ferguson's expert lens, for example, the civilization of the Renaissance looks very different: a boom in the market for art and architecture made possible when Italian bankers adopted Arabic mathematics. The rise of the Dutch republic is reinterpreted as the triumph of the world's first modern bond market over insolvent Habsburg absolutism. Yet the central lesson of financial history is that, sooner or later, every bubble bursts.--From publisher description.
Notes
TV tie-in.
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references (p. 363-397) and index.
Contents
Dreams of avarice
Of human bondage
Blowing bubbles
The return of risk
Safe as houses
From empire to Chimerica
The descent of money.
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ISBN
1594201927
9781594201929
9781410415332 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
1410415333 ((hardcover ; : alk. paper))
9781607519676
1607519674
9780143116172 ((pbk.))
0143116177 ((pbk.))
LCCN
2009383048
OCLC
191929255
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