The Ascent of Money - Niall Ferguson • BookLikes (ISBN:1440653992)

The Ascent of Money

by: Niall Ferguson (author)

Format: ebook

ISBN: 9781440653995 (1440653992)

Publish date: November 13th 2008

Publisher: Penguin Press

Pages no: 432

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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