Pursuit of Wealth: The Incredible Story of Money Throughout the Ages of Wealth

Pursuit of Wealth: The Incredible Story of Money Throughout the Ages of Wealth

Sobel, Robert

McGraw-Hill Education - Europe

01/2000

350

Dura

Inglês

9780070596139

0070596131

15 a 20 dias

783

The story of investing, from 3000 BC in Mesopotamia to modern-day Wall Street. It examines how people have approached money, risk and investing since the dawn of time and demonstrates that the ability to assess risk and reward has been the key to investment success throughout history.
The Ancient World. The Imperial Age of Alexander and Rome. The European Middle Ages: The Birth of a New Economic Age. The Italian Bankers and Their Clients. The Atlantic Age. Europe's American Empires. The English Advantage. The American Paths to Wealth. Industrial Wealth. The Mechanization of Agriculture. Infrastructure and Wealth. Emperor Wheat and King Cotton. Gold, Silver, and the Civil War. The Impact of the Transcontinentals. The Arrival of Big Business. The Government-Industrial Complex, 1914-1929. The Great Bull Market of the 1920s. The Old and the New in Post World War II America. The Revival of the Securities Markets. Creating Wealth During the Great Inflation. The Democratization of Wealth.
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