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Oct 27, 2009 ferguson skims over the centuries, and attempts to package together a financial history of the world. Call it what you like, it matters now more than ever. Since this book is all about history dont think its dry and unreadable. The ascent of money by niall ferguson overdrive rakuten. A financial history of the world, historian niall ferguson argues that money, in its many forms, is the root of most human progress. The ascent of money a financial history of the world uses financial history as the backdrop for human progress, innovation, and change over the centuries.
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