What I'm Reading: The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
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My quest to understand the world we live in continues to focus on capital and finance with The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson, like another book I recently read and reviewed, Money - this was written on the eve of a major financial catastrophe - though Ferguson, to his credit, is much more aware of the systemic instability he is writing in than Robertson was. And, unlike the Great Depression, the onset of the Great Recession had already begun at the time of Ferguson's writing and by the time he wrote the revised conclusion of the paperback version - the major effects had already been felt and dealt with and the recovery efforts were well underway.
What I'm Reading: The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
What I'm Reading: The Ascent of Money by…
What I'm Reading: The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson
My quest to understand the world we live in continues to focus on capital and finance with The Ascent of Money by Niall Ferguson, like another book I recently read and reviewed, Money - this was written on the eve of a major financial catastrophe - though Ferguson, to his credit, is much more aware of the systemic instability he is writing in than Robertson was. And, unlike the Great Depression, the onset of the Great Recession had already begun at the time of Ferguson's writing and by the time he wrote the revised conclusion of the paperback version - the major effects had already been felt and dealt with and the recovery efforts were well underway.