The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson

The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson

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In The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that finance is the foundation of human progress. With the clarity and verve for which he is famed, Ferguson reveals financial history as the essential story behind all history.

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The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson

A comprehensive account of the history of money, its place in and effects on global society, by the award-winning historian Niall Ferguson.
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 9781846141928
ISBN 10 1846141923
Title The Ascent of Money
Author Niall Ferguson
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Binding Type Paperback
Publisher Penguin Books Ltd
Year published 2008-10-30
Number of pages 432
Prizes Short-listed for Galaxy British Book Awards: Play.com Popular Non-Fiction Award 2009
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