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The Ascent of Money
by Niall Ferguson
A financial history of the world: credit, bonds, stocks, insurance, real estate, globalization. Brisk and clear.
Read it if…
you want money's history in one volume.
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Skip it if…
you want depth on one era.
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Three things you will actually use
- Finance built the world.
- Every innovation crashes once.
- Understand the tools.
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Read the chapter on bonds.
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Money's history.
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