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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World
What if the true puppeteer of human history isn’t a ruler or revolution—but a ledger? From Mesopotamian grain receipts to Wall Street algorithms, The Ascent of Money unravels how debt, greed, and ambition have silently steered empires, toppled kings, and turned love and war into tradable commodities. But as blockchain and bubbles rewrite the rules, one question haunts: will humanity’s greatest invention finally elevate us—or entomb us in the ruins of its next collapse?
- Originally Published: Nov 2008
- Publisher: The Penguin Press, 2009
- Genre: Non-fiction
- Pages: 496
- Book Type: Hardcopy
- ISBN: 9780143116172
- Access: Members
