The Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations That Created Modern Capital Markets

Book Overview

From the invention of interest in Mesopotamia and the origin of paper money in China, to the creation of mutual funds, inflation-indexed bonds, and global financial securities, here is a sweeping survey of financial innovations that have changed the world.
Written by a distinguished group of experts--including Robert Shiller, Niall Ferguson, Valerie Hansen, and many others--and wonderfully illustrated with over one hundred color photographs of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195175719
• ISBN13: 9780195175714
• Release Date: August 2005
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 4.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.7" x 11.1"