By Niall Ferguson Publisher: Allen Lane – Penguin Books ISBN – 978-1-846-14106-5 Perhaps it is unfortunate to talk about the ascent of money these days but it is exactly masterpieces like Niall Ferguson’s that you would want to read at times like these. The author, tagged as “the most brilliant British historian of his generation”,… Continue reading The Ascent of Money. A financial history of the world.