A richly original look at the origins of money and how it makes the world go 'round Niall Ferguson follows the money to tell the human story behind the evolution of our financial system, from its genesis in ancient Mesopotamia to the latest upheavals on what he calls Planet Finance. What's more, Ferguson reveals financial history as the essential backstory behind all history, arguing that the evolution of credit and debt was as important as any technological innovation in the rise of civilization. As Ferguson traces the crisis from ancient Egypt's Memphis to today's Chongqing, he offers bold and compelling new insights into the rise- and fall-of not just money but Western power as well.

尼亚尔·弗格森（Niall Ferguson）对货币的起源以及它如何使世界运转进行了一次富有独创性的研究，他跟随货币讲述了我们金融体系演变背后的人类故事，从它起源于古代美索不达米亚，到他所称的星球金融的最新剧变。更重要的是，弗格森揭示了金融史是所有历史背后的重要背景，他认为信贷和债务的演变与文明崛起中的任何技术创新一样重要。当弗格森追溯从古埃及的孟菲斯到今天的重庆的危机时，他提出了大胆而令人信服的新见解，不仅是对金钱的兴衰，还有对西方权力的兴衰。