The Ascent of Money：A Financial History of the World

作者 Niall Ferguson
出版社 Penguin Books
出版时间 2009年10月第1版
ISBN 9780143116172
定价 110.00

内容简介

NiallFergusonfollowsthemoneytotellthehumanstorybehindtheevolutionofourfinancialsystem,fromitsgenesisinancientMesopotamiatothelatestupheavalsonwhathecallsPlanetFinance.What'smore,Fergusonrevealsfinancialhistoryastheessentialbackstorybehindallhistory,arguingthattheevolutionofcreditanddebtwasasimportantasanytechnologicalinnovationintheriseofcivilization.AsFergusontracesthecrisisfromancientEgypt'sMemphistotoday'sChongqing,heoffersboldandcompellingnewinsightsintotherise-andfall-ofnotjustmoneybutWesternpoweraswell.

作者简介

NiallFerguson,MA,D.Phil.,istheLaurenceA.TischProfessorofHistoryatHarvardUniversityandWilliamZieglerProfessoratHarvardBusinessSchool.HeisaresidentfacultymemberoftheMindadeGunzburgCenterforEuropeanStudies.HeisalsoaSeniorResearchFellowofJesusCollege,OxfordUniversity,andaSeniorFellowoftheHooverInstitution,StanfordUniversity.