ABOUT THE BOOK

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    Accession Number

 B3019

    Title

 Ascent Of Money: Financial History Of The World

    Author

 Ferguson, Niall

    Publisher

 Penguin Books

    ISBN

 978-0-141-03548-2

     Summary

Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call it what you like, it matters now more than ever. In the ascent of money, niall Ferguson shows that financial history is the back-story to all history. From the banking dynasty who funded the Italian Renaissance to the stock market bubble that caused the French revolution, this is the story of booms and busts as it’s never been told before. With the world in the grip of the biggest financial crisis since the great depression, there’s never been a better time to understand the ascent – and descent – of money.