The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World: 10th Anniversary Edition

Chronicles the evolution of finance from its origins in Mesopotamia to the modern world's most recent upheavals, covering such topics as the stock market bubble that prompted the French Revolution and the theories behind common investment vehicles.

• | Author: Niall Ferguson
• | Publisher: Penguin Books
• | Publication Date: October 27, 2009
• | Number of Pages: 496 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 0143116177
• | ISBN-13: 9780143116172