The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World Niall Ferguson texte en entier pdf - Book by Ferguson NiallRang parmi les ventes Amazon: #14736 dans LivresMarque: Brand: Penguin BooksPublié le: 2009-10-27Langue d'origine: AnglaisNombre d'articles: 1Dimensions: 8.40" h x .91" l x 5.44" L, .83 livres Reliure: Broché448 pagesRevue de presse"Before regulators throw block trades, bond swaps, bridge financing, butterfly spreads and Black-Scholes out with the bathwater, they should find time to read Niall Ferguson's The Ascent of Money."--The Wall Street Journal "[An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis." --The Washington Post "Shrewdly anticipates many aspects of the current financial crisis, which has toppled banks, precipitated gigantic government bailouts and upended global markets."--Michiko Kakutani, The New York TimesPrésentation de l'éditeurA richly original look at the origins of money and how it makes the world go roundNiall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of our financial system, from its genesis in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance. What's more, Ferguson reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history, arguing that the evolution of credit and debt was as important as any technological innovation in the rise of civilization. As Ferguson traces the crisis from ancient Egypt's Memphis to today's Chongqing, he offers bold and compelling new insights into the rise--and fall--of not just money but Western power as well.Niall Ferguson's new book The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, from the Freemasons to Facebook will be published in January 2018.Biographie de l'auteurNiall Ferguson is one of the world's most renowned historians. He is the author of Paper and Iron, The House of Rothschild, The Pity of War, The Cash Nexus, Empire, Colossus, The War of the World, The Ascent of Money, High Financier, Civilization, The Great Degeneration, Kissinger, 1923-1968: The Idealist, and The Square and the Tower. He is Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, and a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. His many awards include the Benjamin Franklin Prize for Public Service (2010), the Hayek Prize for Lifetime Achievement (2012) and the Ludwig Erhard Prize for Economic Journalism (2013).
Details of The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
| Le Titre Du Livre | The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World |
| Auteur | Niall Ferguson |
| Vendu par | Penguin Books |
| EAN | 9780143116172 |
| Nombre de pages | 448 pages |
| Editeur | Penguin Books |
| Nom de fichier | the-ascent-of-money-a-financial-history-of-the-world.pdf |
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