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The ascent of money: a financial history of the world Niall Ferguson

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FERGUSON, Niall

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Penguin Books 2008Description: v , 441 p. , illISBN:

9780141035482

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Summary: Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labor. But historian Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. What's more, he reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history.

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Book	Defence Academy Library On-Shelf	330.903 FER (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		35952-2001

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Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of finance, from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labor. But historian Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. What's more, he reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history.

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