The Ascent of Money

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

页数:464

出版时间:2008-10-30

价格:GBP 25.00

装帧:Hardcover

isbn号码:9781846141065

图书标签:金融The_ascent_of_moneyNiall_Ferguson金融史Economics商业历史Business

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

读后感

货币是什么？有人说“货币就是货币的职能”（MONEY IS WHAT MONEY DOES)；有人说金本位可靠而信用本位不可靠；有的则说要建立超级主权大国的货币。。。。。。而《货币崛起》这本书则隐匿的告诉我们一个答案：货币是基于国家能力的信用竞争选择。而金本位只是依赖于黄金的稀缺，...  

这本书里看到了很多人名， 1、美第奇家族居然是西西里黑帮企业的鼻祖，但是美第奇家族没有采用发明与意大利的复式记账法。第一套银行系统是发源于还未统一的意大利。 2、作者很尊重《货币战争》作者宋鸿兵，只是说罗斯柴尔德的神话仍在流传，宋就是一个流传作者（不考虑抄袭）...  

184页说日本农业人口70%”总共的土地占有量仅有1.5公顷”，这怎么可能。翻原文205页：of whom 70 percent tilled an average of just one and a half acres.错地也太离谱了。 还有226页“这成了内战时期黑人争取的在财政方面的隐性权利”原文250面：This was the hidden finan...  

中文版这书翻译成货币崛起，太正式了。 灵机一动，觉得可以翻成《金钱往上爬》，呵呵！ 个人觉得还是他的the war of the world与virtual history比较好。Niall Ferguson真算得上是精力旺盛的畅销书作家了！  

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...  

用户评价

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。

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。

wow, what a book!

wow, what a book!

对于我这样一过麻瓜而言，此书真能让人顺藤摸瓜看到历史演变。Ferguson文字的幽默也为此书锦上添花。