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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 on what he calls Planet Finance .
Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot, lucre, moolah, readies, the wherewithal: Call it what you like, it matters. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, its the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, its the chains of labor. But in The Ascent of Money , Niall Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress. Whats more, he reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history.
Through Fergusons expert lens familiar historical landmarks appear in a new and sharper financial focus. Suddenly, the civilization of the Renaissance looks very different: a boom in the market for art and architecture made possible when Italian bankers adopted Arabic mathematics. The rise of the Dutch republic is reinterpreted as the triumph of the worlds first modern bond market over insolvent Habsburg absolutism. And the origins of the French Revolution are traced back to a stock market bubble caused by a convicted Scot murderer.
With the clarity and verve for which he is known, Ferguson elucidates key financial institutions and concepts by showing where they came from. What is money? What do banks do? Whats the difference between a stock and a bond? Why buy insurance or real estate? And what exactly does a hedge fund do?
This is history for the present. Ferguson travels to post-Katrina New Orleans to ask why the free market cant provide adequate protection against catastrophe. He delves into the origins of the subprime mortgage crisis.
Perhaps most important, The Ascent of Money documents how a new financial revolution is propelling the worlds biggest countries, India and China, from poverty to wealth in the space of a single generationan economic transformation unprecedented in human history.
Yet the central lesson of the financial history is that sooner or later every bubble burstssooner or later the bearish sellers outnumber the bullish buyers, sooner or later greed flips into fear. And thats why, whether youre scraping by or rolling in it, theres never been a better time to understand the ascent of money.
尼爾·弗格森,英國最著名的曆史學傢之一。哈佛大學曆史係教授、牛津大學高級研究員,同時也是斯坦福大學鬍佛研究所的高級研究員。他是極少數能橫跨學術界、金融界和媒體的專傢之一。著有《貨幣崛起》等多部暢銷書,同時還為多傢報紙和雜誌撰稿。此外,他還製作瞭四部非常成功的電視紀錄片:《帝國》、《美國巨人》、《世界戰爭》,以及最近的《貨幣崛起》。2004年被《時代》周刊評為“影響世界的100人”之一。
係統的看看問題很有幫助,很多有趣的故事和觀點。但是按錢穆的觀點,就是此書缺乏史識,隻敘述不分析。而敘述也有點亂,可能因為本來就是電視劇的腳本,外加規模太過宏大,想說的問題太多。比如說概率那段,Bernstein寫瞭300多頁,他寫瞭3頁(在所難免)。另外作者替殖民主義說話這點看著有點不舒服,不過這個屬於個人喜好,和書無關。總而言之,還是很寓教於樂、文筆流暢的。
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評分通過數種金融產品的齣身鏈接起來,比較深入淺齣地介紹瞭金融的歷史。但依然跳脫不齣現有框架,把任何事的興衰成敗都和人性掛鉤。凡事皆人為,顧人性決凡事——這樣說等於沒說。人設計機製,但機製也設計人。
評分很好的書,以前自己讀曆史的 時候就怎麼也不明白為什麼法國大革命就那麼爆發瞭,和股票,保險的起源,這本書解決瞭我很久的睏惑
評分通過數種金融產品的齣身鏈接起來,比較深入淺齣地介紹瞭金融的歷史。但依然跳脫不齣現有框架,把任何事的興衰成敗都和人性掛鉤。凡事皆人為,顧人性決凡事——這樣說等於沒說。人設計機製,但機製也設計人。
一遍已经翻完了。 douban 里看到一些差评,理解很多书被一些非常不专业的英语专业的学生搞坏了。当时这本书还值得一读 *这本书有点集大成者的风范,它告诉你一些历史,作者的解读只是一种引导,你完全可以有自己的理解。 *如果你不是看趣闻轶事一样的看这本...
評分The book has a twin UK documentary series called "Ascent of Money". Later, PBS produced a shortened version of the documentary that can be access online for free. (The link is at the bottom of this page.) Both films are very illuminating and educational, th...
評分英文原版不错,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 ...
評分The book has a twin UK documentary series called "Ascent of Money". Later, PBS produced a shortened version of the documentary that can be access online for free. (The link is at the bottom of this page.) Both films are very illuminating and educational, th...
評分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....
The Ascent of Money pdf epub mobi txt 電子書 下載 2024