The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
Shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. This book reveals financial history as the essential back-story behind all history. It explains why the origins of the French Revolution lie in a stock market bubble caused by a convicted Scots murderer.
'Niall Ferguson has written a fascinating, accessible, and important book that lives up to its rather grandiose title.. It goes from cowrie shells to mortgage-backed securities, and everything in between ... this is an exceptional book.' - Michael Casey, Irish Times
Niall Ferguson is one of Britain's most renowned historians. He is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution, Stanford University, a senior fellow of the Center for European Studies at Harvard University, and a Visiting Professor at Tsinghua University, Beijing. His books include The House of Rothschild, Empire, The War of the World, The Ascent of Money, The Great Degeneration and Kissinger, 1923-1968: The Idealist. His many prizes 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).
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| ISBN 13 | 9781846141065 |
| ISBN 10 | 1846141060 |
| Title | The Ascent of Money |
| Author | Niall Ferguson |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Penguin Books Ltd |
| Year published | 2008-10-30 |
| Number of pages | 448 |
| Prizes | Short-listed for Galaxy British Book Awards: Play.com Popular Non-Fiction Award 2009 |
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