The Ascent of Money

A Financial History of the World

By: Niall Ferguson

Narrated by: Gareth Armstrong

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson, read by Gareth Armstrong.

Behind each great historical phenomenon there lies a financial secret - Niall Ferguson uncovers the hidden stories behind history.

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.

A must read for

I loved it. The book explains in easy to understand detail ho the world's financial systems have evolved. I feel this should be mandatory reading for most.

The Money history is too BIG for just a Book

I think the Money history is so BIG that is virtually impossible to fit it in just one book. It would maybe fit better in two or three volumes. The story is really well written and estruturas, but it is also too superficial mainly on themes from the14th tô the 18th century.

Un poco interesante, pero no indispensable

El libro tiene por momentos segmentos que son interesantes, pero es más que nada un recorrido histórico que deja poco para la relectura. No me llevo nada muy trascendental deja haberlo leído. No lo recomiendo.

abridged

A great book overall! But this version is a shortened one. I hope that an unabridged version appears soon.

Old Version

Only wrong thing about this book is its audio version is either too old or too short.