TheAscentofMoney_AFinancialHistoryoftheW.epub

Table of Contents Title Page Copyright Page Introduction Chapter 1 - Dreams of Avarice Chapter 2 - Of Human Bondage Chapter 3 - Blowing Bubbles Chapter 4 - The Return of Risk Chapter 5 - Safe as Houses Chapter 6 - From Empire to Chimerica Afterword: The Descent of Money Acknowledgements Notes List of Illustrations Index ALSO BY NIALL FERGUSON Paper and Iron The House of Rothschild The Pity of War The Cash Nexus Empire Colossus The War of the World THE PENGUIN PRESS Published by the Penguin Group Penguin Group (USA) Inc., 375 Hudson Street, New York, New York 10014, U.S.A. Penguin Group (Canada), 90 Eglinton Avenue East, Suite 700, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M4P 2Y3 (a division of Pearson Penguin Canada Inc.) Penguin Books Ltd, 80 Strand, London WC2R 0RL, England Penguin Ireland, 25 St. Stephen’s Green, Dublin 2, Ireland (a division of Penguin Books Ltd) Penguin Books Australia Ltd, 250 Camberwell Road, Camberwell, Victoria 3124, Australia (a division of Pearson Australia Group Pty Ltd) Penguin Books India Pvt Ltd, 11 Community Centre, Panchsheel Park, New Delhi—110 017, India Penguin Group (NZ),......