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The ascent of money
Niall Ferguson · 初版 2008 年
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为什么值得读
- 深入梳理金融与货币体系发展的详细历史
- 阐释部分准备金与债券股票对经济的推动
- 展现金融创新如何推动国家与人类福祉进步
Niall Ferguson顺着金钱的脉络，讲述了金融演变背后的人类故事，从其在古美索不达米亚的起源，一直到被他称为“金融星球”上的最新动荡。面包、现钱、铜板、面团、赃款、不义之财、银子、现钞、资金：无论你如何称呼它，它都至关重要。对基督徒而言，对它的贪爱是万恶之源。对将军们而言，它是战争的筋络。对革命者而言，它是劳动的枷锁。但在The Ascent of Money中，Niall Ferguson证明了金融实际上是人类进步的基石。不仅如此，他还揭示出金融史正是不可或缺的背
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Niall Ferguson 的《The Ascent of Money》和 Cormac McCarthy 的《血色子午线》（Blood Meridian）。前者信息量极大，后者则是一件艺术品。
Niall Ferguson's the Ascent of Money and Cormac McCarthy's Blood Meridian. The former is extremely informative, the later is a work of art.
经济历史学家 Niall Ferguson 在《The Ascent of Money》中极其精彩地将部分准备金制度（fractional reserves）描述为人类最伟大的创新之一。挤兑和崩溃带来的苦难固然真实，但即便如此，部分准备金对人类福祉的总体影响仍是压倒性的利好。我们怎么知道的？因为欧洲曾有坚守旧制的地区……
Economic historian Niall Ferguson beautifully describes fractional reserves as one of the greatest innovations of humankind in Ascent of Money. The miseries from bank runs and crashes are real, but even so, the total impact on human welfare from fractional reserves has been overwhelmingly positive. How do we know? There were holdouts in Europe…
……也会发生在他们身上）因为经济疲软。（穷也会让你丧失政治主权，因为你买不起抗击敌人的军事装备）。我极力推荐你读读 Niall Ferguson 的《The Ascent of Money》。他极为精辟地阐述了为什么货币以及债券、股票和保险等创新实际上推动了国家的进步。例如，荷兰人航海前往……的风险性
…happen to them too) by being economically weak. (You can also lose political sovereignty if you are poor, as you can't afford all the military hardware to fight off an enemy). I would urge you to read "The Ascent of Money" by Niall Ferguson. He makes excellent points as to why money, and innovations like bonds, stock and insurance actually drive countries forward. For example, the riskiness of the Dutch voyages to the…
……刚刚被创造出来。现在的这套货币体系是由美第奇家族一手打造成的：https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Medici 。Niall Ferguson 写过一本很棒的书叫《The Ascent of Money》（2008），里面详细讲述了这段历史。Niall 的其他书也很值得一读。
…just created. This money system was built into what it is now by the Medici: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Medici Niall Ferguson wrote a great book which gives a detailed history called 'The Ascent of Money'(2008). Niall's other books are worth a read too.
……伴随着结构化与可交易债务的发展、部分所有权与可交易证券（股票市场）的发明，以及风险共担机制（保险）的诞生。我也推荐 Niall Ferguson 的《The Ascent of Money》，它能为你提供很好的背景知识，讲明白这其中的来龙去脉。http://www.amazon.com/Ascent-Money-Financial-History-World/d... 话说回来，你可能不喜欢市场扮演的角色，但硬说它们是什么后天生搬硬套上去的……
…with the developments of structured and tradeable debt, invention of partial ownership and tradeable securities (share markets) and of pooled risk taking (insurance). I also recommend Niall Fergusons' 'Ascent of Money' for a good backdrop into how/why this is. http://www.amazon.com/Ascent-Money-Financial-History-World/d... Again, you might dislike the role that markets have, but pretending they are some sort of bolt-on…
我书单的首选是哈佛教授 Niall Ferguson 的《The Ascent of Money》。它通过讲述货币和金融工具的历史故事，解释了它们到底是什么。他是个极佳的讲故事高手，而且针对他所解释的每个金融侧面，……
Top of my list would be "the ascent of money", by Harvard Prof Niall Ferguson. It explains what money and financial instruments are, by telling the stories of their history. Hes a great story teller, and for each aspect of finance that he explains,…