The Ascent of Money

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• Hurrah for hedge funds

  Niall Ferguson has written a brilliant book exploring the historic nexus between money, diplomacy, warfare and globalisation. It's called The House of Rothschild: The World's Banker 1849-1998. His new work, The Ascent of Money, written 10 years later ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

• Darwinian capitalism

  In his latest book, Niall Ferguson, the author of Empire and The War of the World, turns his crowd-pleasing historian's hand to the world of money. From cowries to cash, bonds to bullion, debts to derivatives, the aim is to chart a "financial history ... (read full critics)

  guardian.co.uk published on Fri, 24 Sep 2010

5 Reviews

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  It's quite fresh to view history from the financial perspective. When it comes to money, most people focus on the present or the future. Seldom do they examine the history of monetary matters. This is a timely book to remind us that to predict the future, we must first understand the past; if we ... (continue)

  It's quite fresh to view history from the financial perspective. When it comes to money, most people focus on the present or the future. Seldom do they examine the history of monetary matters. This is a timely book to remind us that to predict the future, we must first understand the past; if we want to make lots of $$$ in the future, we'd better find out how $$$ was gained or lost in the past.

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  Holmes said on Jul 7, 2011 about the Others edition | Add your feedback

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  this is much more better than 貨幣戰爭!
  and it's much more rational than the 貨幣戰爭!

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  Derek Lo said on Jun 30, 2009 | Add your feedback

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  Compelling story

  The history of financial innovation was told in a smooth yet neat way. I like the way the author presented the origins of different financial assets in chapters and still relate it to the happening of the environment at then. A very good way to appreciate the history of finance!

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  Love Is Touch said on Jan 2, 2011 | Add your feedback

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  A good written financial history!

  Most of my friends when they come across of "History" they will either change the topic or they will ran away.
  In my point of view, "History" is very important subject that we all should understand and learn about it.

  After Wall Street Criss on 2008 and recent financial melt down in Europe most o ... (continue)

  Most of my friends when they come across of "History" they will either change the topic or they will ran away.
  In my point of view, "History" is very important subject that we all should understand and learn about it.

  After Wall Street Criss on 2008 and recent financial melt down in Europe most of expert on T.V. flow out the solution. In fact if we examine the financial history closely may be we can find the clue.

  The book "The Ascent of Money" the author cleverly use both history event compare to current situation.

  He covered from money, credit, interest, Bonds, insurance and real estate

  He also reveal the true face of money, he stated that the real money is not the money that we current holding on hand its only a currency.

  As you remember at 2008 Hong Kong Lehand Brother's mini-bond note, which is similar to 18th century war bond at England.

  The old word says "The history repeat itself" is true when you knew history

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  梁七 said on Jun 30, 2010 | Add your feedback

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  A perfectly adequate primer

  Coming from Niall Ferguson, I expected this book to be more insightful and full of revealing tidbits. As an introduction to the history of finance, however, this book is solid. And accurate and fair, which cannot be said for "Currency War", the massive waste of paper that managed to be a bestseller ... (continue)

  Coming from Niall Ferguson, I expected this book to be more insightful and full of revealing tidbits. As an introduction to the history of finance, however, this book is solid. And accurate and fair, which cannot be said for "Currency War", the massive waste of paper that managed to be a bestseller in China for years.

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  s tsui said on Feb 14, 2010 | Add your feedback

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• English Books
• Hardcover 416 Pages
• ISBN-10: 1846141060
• ISBN-13: 9781846141065
• Publisher: Allen Lane
• Pub date: Oct 30, 2008
• Also available as: Paperback, Audio CD and Others
• In other languages: other languages 繁體書, 简体书

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