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25%OFFWilliam N. Goetzmann - Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible - 9780691178370 - V9780691178370
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Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible

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Description for Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible Paperback. .
[A] magnificent history of money and finance. --New York Times Book Review Convincingly makes the case that finance is a change-maker of change-makers. --Financial Times In the aftermath of recent financial crises, it's easy to see finance as a wrecking ball: something that destroys fortunes and jobs, and undermines governments and banks. In Money Changes Everything, leading financial historian William Goetzmann argues the exact opposite--that the development of finance has made the growth of civilizations possible. Goetzmann explains that finance is a time machine, a technology that allows us to move value forward and backward through time; ... Read more

Product Details

Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Number of Pages
600
Place of Publication
New Jersey, United States
ISBN
9780691178370
SKU
V9780691178370
Shipping Time
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Ref
99-50

About William N. Goetzmann
William N. Goetzmann is the Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management and director of the International Center for Finance at the Yale School of Management. His books include The Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations that Created the Modern Financial Markets and The Great Mirror of Folly: Finance, Culture, and the Crash of 1720.

Reviews for Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible
One of Bloomberg's Best Books of 2016 One of Financial Times (FT.com) Best Economics Books of 2016 Fascinating... brilliantly illuminated by scores of vivid examples, generously illustrated with a wealth of pictures, comprehensive in its geographical and temporal scope, and in my view almost entirely convincing.
Felix Martin, New York Times Book Review In Money Changes Everything, Mr. ... Read more

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