For millions of people, the global economic collapse has generated
curiosity about how money systems actually work, as opposed to how
they’re portrayed, especially when so
many financial pundits seem to be baffled. In The Ascent of Money,
economist Niall Ferguson works through some history that created today’s
money system, visiting the locations where key events took place and
poring over actual ledgers and documents, such as the first publicly
traded share of a company. [ 468 more words ]
