The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World - Niall Ferguson • BookLikes (ISBN:0718194004)

The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World

by: Niall Ferguson (author)

Format: paperback

ISBN: 9780718194000 (0718194004)

Publish date: July 6th 2012

Publisher: Penguin

Pages no: 442

Edition language: English

Category:

Non Fiction, History, Science, Business, Economics, Politics, Philosophy, Leadership, European History, World History

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Titus Bluth's Blatherings rated it

11 years ago

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I was hoping for an overview of the development of the concept of money itself. Instead, I got a handful of (not necessarily accurate) anecdotes about markets. On the plus side, the book is an easy read and fairly entertaining.

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Kyahgirl rated it

14 years ago

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just started listening to it. The tone is highbrow and off-putting but the content is good so far****Ok, so I got the book out of the library because the audio book was too detailed. That is one problem with audiobooks, you can't skim easily. Anyway, I have struggled to finish this book and eventual...

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