The Ascent of Money

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Niall Ferguson is Herzog Professor of Financial History at the Stern School of Business, New York University. He is also a Senior Research Fellow of Jesus College, Oxford, and a Senior Fellow of the Hoover Institution, Stanford University. His books for Penguin include The Pity of War, The Cash Nexus, Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World and War of the World.

出版者:Allen Lane
作者:Niall Ferguson
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页数:464
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出版时间:2008-10-30
价格:GBP 25.00
装帧:Hardcover
isbn号码:9781846141065
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Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot: Call it what you like, it matters. 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 labour. But in The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. What’s more, he reveals financial history as the essential back-story behind all history.

The Ascent of Money charts the evolution of credit and debt as important as any technological innovation in the rise of civilization, from ancient Babylon to the silver mines of Bolivia. Banks provided the material basis for the splendours of the Italian Renaissance, while the bond market was the decisive factor in conflicts from the Seven Years’ War to the American Civil War.

With the clarity and verve for which he is famed, Niall Ferguson explains why the origins of the French Revolution lie in a stock market bubble caused by a convicted Scots murderer. He shows in The Ascent of Money how financial failure turned Argentina from the world’s sixth richest country into an inflation-ridden basket case – and how a financial revolution is propelling the world’s most populous country from poverty to power in a single generation.

Yet the most important lesson of the financial history is that sooner or later every bubble bursts – sooner or later the bearish sellers outnumber the bullish buyers – sooner or later greed flips into fear. And that’s why, whether you’re scraping by or rolling in it, there’s never been a better time to understand the ascent of money.

Niall Ferguson talks about The War of the World, his previous book, here.

Visit Niall Ferguson's minisite: http://www.niallferguson.com

Niall Ferguson's other books include: Colossus, Empire, The House of Rothschild, The Cash Nexus, The Pity of War

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翻译极为糟糕,译者不仅缺乏金融知识而且英语水平有限。在讲故事的部分译文还是可以看懂的,但是一旦遇到金融操作之类的细节这种读者最关注的部分,译者根本无法理解原文,更不要说作一个可读的翻译。所以如果你看这本书时觉得云里雾里,实在是正常的结果,大不必自卑觉得自己...  

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It is true that the book is quite easy to understand. If one hasn't learn financial history, this book can give one some insights into it. The book is written in a fair logic while I don't think it presents higher understanding about real financial issues....  

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英文原版不错,虽然表达不一定太好理解,词汇量大,但内容很好,值得多花一点时间理解和琢磨。不过作者行文感觉有点儿散,想讲到blowing bubble的时候,开始说了John Law其人,但后来就引申到Dutch bank model方面的内容,后来又兜回来说John Law在Regent的帮助下推动了Banque ...

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作者挑选了自己觉得重要的事件,按话题来组织内容,分五章分别讨论了信用,债券,泡沫,住房,风险和Chimerica。本书并不是一般意义上系统的历史记录,所以副标题A Financial History of the World有些过大。前两章的很多材料都算得上是“新闻”,符合我对历史书的期待;后四章...  

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The book has a twin UK documentary series called "Ascent of Money". Later, PBS produced a shortened version of the documentary that can be accessed online for free. Both films are very illuminating and educational, thus I felt compelled by curiosity to read...  

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金融入门非常棒。虽然花边新闻多到离谱,本人明星化倾向严重,二手拼凑资料多,原创性少,但文笔确实好,让人读那么闷的东西却能保持兴致,真不简单。基本概念和宏大历史叙事均有兼顾,入门佳作。

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这么一本流水帐毫无原创观点,作家好意思称自己是历史学家吗

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简单好懂

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看的第三本鸟叔。还是一如既往的流畅。

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简单好懂

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