The Ascent of Money
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What’s it about?
A sweeping history of finance, from ancient Mesopotamia to the 2008 crisis, showing how money, credit, and banking have been the hidden engines of human progress and catastrophe.
You’ll learn
- Why credit is the foundation of growth
- How banking creates wealth and risk
- The role of debt in empire building
- Lessons from financial bubbles and crashes