The historian Niall Ferguson describes the history and evolution of money and finance throughout the centuries, explaining how it has shaped today’s world.
In The Ascent of Money, Ferguson travels the globe from Wall Street to Europe to South America and examines the mechanisms used by the world’s top financiers to maximize returns on their investments. When risky strategies fail to pay off, he looks at the dangers to the world economy. As a result, he paints a picture of how the world of international finance truly works using simple financial vocabulary that is presented in layman’s terms.
