Object Details Author Ferguson, Niall Notes TV tie-in. Contents Introduction -- Dreams of avarice -- Of human bondage -- Blowing bubbles -- The return of risk -- Safe as houses -- From empire to ...

Ferguson argues persuasively that the development of money has gone hand in hand with the development of modern societies, by quickening transactions, loans and investment.

In an extensive examination of the relationship of money to politics, society and the environment, Niall Ferguson highlights the role of financial innovations in economic and military development.

Niall Ferguson talked about his book [The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World] (Penguin Press; November 13, 2008). In his book Mr. Ferguson presents a history of finance. He contends ...

In a SPIEGEL interview, Harvard historian Niall Ferguson discusses the turbulent history of money, the inevitability of financial crises and the fatal influence mathematicians have on the monetary ...

In his new book The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World, historian Niall Ferguson argues that money, in its many forms, is the "root of most human progress." He traces money's ...

In the four-hour version of THE ASCENT OF MONEY, historian and author Niall Ferguson seeks to explain the financial history of the world, exploring how our complex system of global finance evolved ...

Niall Ferguson’s ‘The Ascent of Money’ (Penguin Books) is an insightful and thoroughly readable account of how money and finance have played a key role in history.

Niall Ferguson, MA, D.Phil., is Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History at Harvard University and William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School. He is also a ...

Let us face it. The title of historian Niall Ferguson's new work, The Ascent of Money, sits oddly with everything we're going through at the moment. This is hardly the time for a celebration of ...