by Niall Ferguson · Penguin · tapa blanda · ISBN 9780141035482
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In 'The Ascent of Money', Niall Ferguson presents a fascinating financial history of the world. From the rise of banking in Renaissance Italy to the stock market bubbles that triggered the French Revolution, and through modern financial crises, this book explores how money has shaped human history. Ferguson examines the key financial products and institutions that have driven economic progress, offering a revealing perspective on the fundamental role of money in our society.
Sir Niall Campbell Ferguson is a British and American historian who is the Milbank Family Senior Fellow at the Hoover Institution and a senior fellow at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs at Harvard University. Previously, he was a professor at Harvard University, the London School of Economics, New York University, a visiting professor at the New College of the Humanities, and a senior research fellow at Jesus College, Oxford. He was a visiting lecturer at the London School of Economics for the 2023/2024 academic year and at Tsinghua University in China from 2019 to 2020.
