![]() ![]() Storytelling: That, I could get behind.Īnd so, I settled in with both tomes for what I figured would either be an informative read or - let's face it - a good nap. These appealed to me because they didn't seem to be so much about finance, as, well, history. Then, I came across Niall Ferguson's The Ascent Of Money: A Financial History of the World, and a brand new book by Alan Beattie called False Economy: A Surprising Economic History of the World. ![]() ![]() But what if I paid $20 to find out that I was a financial coward? I couldn't chance it. Bernstein's Against the Gods: A Remarkable Story of Risk was also supposed to be terrific. Charles Kindleberger has written a classic called Manias, Panics, and Crashes, but the title alone reminded me too much of my emotional state. But rather than being stressed out and confused, I decided to educate myself by actually picking up an economics book. Like many people, I'm being kept awake at night by a financial crisis that I don't even understand. The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World ![]()
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