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The rise to global predominance of Western civilization is the single most important historical phenomenon of the past five hundred years. All over the world, an astonishing proportion of people now work for Western-style companies, study at Western-style universities, vote for Western-style governments, take Western medicines, wear Western clothes, and even work Western hours. Yet six hundred years ago the...

The Ascent of Money - A Financial History of the World written by Niall Ferguson performed by Hugh Ross on CD (Unabridged)

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ISBN: 9781407438948
Genre - Main: Non-Fiction
Genre - Specific: History
Duration: 720 mins
Length: Unabridged
Author: Niall Ferguson
Performer 1: Hugh Ross

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Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot: Call it what you like, it matters. To Christians, love of it is the root of all evil. To generals, it's the sinews of war. To revolutionaries, it's the chains of labour. But in The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that finance is in fact the foundation of human progress.

What's more, he reveals financial history as the essential back-story behind all history.

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