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Synopsis

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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'Niall Ferguson has written a brilliant book exploring the historic nexus between money, diplomacy, warfare and globalisation.'
- Tristram Hunt, The Observer

'Ferguson mercifully lifts the reader above today's doom and gloom with this smart reminder of how mankind has benefited from the rise of bankers, credit and markets.'
- James Presley, Bloomberg.net

'Ferguson writes with verve and insight... a fine analyst of the financial vertebrae that make up the backbone of human history.'
- The Telegraph

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