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The Ascent of Money
- A Financial History of the World
- Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong
- Length: 5 hrs and 50 mins
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Publisher's Summary
The abridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Niall Ferguson's epic history, The Ascent of Money.
Behind each great historical phenomenon there lies a financial secret - Niall Ferguson uncovers the hidden stories behind history.
Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call it what you like, it matters now more than ever. In The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that finance is the foundation of all human progress and the lifeblood of history. From the cash injection that funded the Italian Renaissance to the stock market bubble that sparked the French Revolution, from the bonds that fuelled Britain's war effort to the Wall Street Crash and today's meltdown, this is the story of boom and bust as it's never been told before. Whether you're scraping by or rolling in it, there's no better time to understand the ascent of money.
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- Chris
- 19-04-2017
Fantastic review of history and nicely narrated
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It was a well-paced, easy listen full of amazing monetary-related historical facts and warnings for current times.
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- Sul Wynne-Jones
- 01-12-2021
Must Listen
If you are interested in money, how it works, how it was created and what it may become this is for you!
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- saman
- 25-05-2024
Great summary of the development of financial markets and the financial system
Very good book. Highly recommend this to anyone interested in how the economy works and how we find ourselves at the current state of affairs
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- Alex
- 09-04-2023
Great content but not a casual listen
Good use of historical narratives but for me it could have been twice as long with a more friendly exposition of financial concepts and instruments. I found this quite dense for an audio format. Great content but not a casual listen. If you have some financial fluency the audio format may work fine.
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- Anonymous User
- 07-06-2024
This is masterful
An extraordinary tour de horizon with a killer chapter (49). Simple in execution yet clear and penetrating in it analysis.
And for me. Easy to understand
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