El triunfo del dinero/ The Ascent of Money: Como las finanzas mueven el mundo/ A Financial History of the World

from Opinionated

The best explanation of the history and development of finance and financial instruments I have read, making complex derivatives as easy to understand as compound interest. Particularly interesting in its explanation of how most important world events since the Renaissance have had origins in fin...

from solla

I just finished [The Ascent of Money] by [Niall Ferguson]. Ferguson says that the purpose of this book is to educate. He quotes a number of statistics about widespread ignorance of financial matters. He also makes a statement that rather than being "filty lucre", money is the root of most progres...

from bruchu

Money Makes the World Go Round The latest book by Harvard professor and popular commentator Niall Ferguson is a historical look at the rise of finance. Ever wonder how the stock market came to be? Exactly how and why did the evolution of credit lead to the rise of civilizations? Could all the wor...

from slothman

A good look at the history of finance and the role it has played in history since the development of bond markets. This isn't as much of a big-idea book as James Burke's Connections or Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs, and Steel, but it provides another valuable perspective on many historical events, ...

from jztemple

I rather enjoyed this book although I am, like some other reviewers have admitted, financially challenged. Ferguson writes in a style aimed at the general reader who may not know his Fannie Maes from his Blue Chip preferred. I do think that the book tried to be too much of an overall survey, whic...