The Ascent of Money
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The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
The 10th anniversary edition, with new chapters on the crash, Chimerica, and cryptocurrency"[An] excellent, just in time guide to the history of finance and financial crisis." --The Washington Post
"Fascinating." --Fareed Zakaria, Newsweek
In this updated edition, Niall Ferguson brings his classic financial history of the world up to the present day, tackling the populist backlash that followed the 2008 crisis, the descent of "Chimerica" into a trade war, and the advent of cryptocurrencies, such as Bitcoin, with his signature clarity and expert lens.
The Ascent of Money reveals finance as the backbone of history, casting a new light on familiar events: the Renaissance enabled by Italian foreign exchange dealers, the French Revolution traced back to a stock market bubble, the 2008 crisis traced from America's bankruptcy capital, Memphis, to China's boomtown, Chongqing. We may resent the plutocrats of Wall Street but, as Ferguson argues, the evolution of finance has rivaled the importance of any technological innovation in the rise of civilization. Indeed, to study the ascent and descent of money is to study the rise and fall of Western power itself.
Laurence A. Ferguson is Niall Ferguson. Harvard's Tisch Professor of History and a Senior Research Fellow at Stanford's Hoover Institution. The Great Degeneration, Civilisation, The Rise of Money, and The War of the World are among his New York Times bestsellers.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780143116172 |
| ISBN 10 | 0143116177 |
| Title | The Ascent of Money |
| Author | Niall Ferguson |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Penguin Putnam Inc |
| Year published | 2009-10-27 |
| Number of pages | 496 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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