The End of Alchemy: Money, Banking, and the Future of the Global Economy

by Mervyn A. King

Book Overview

Something is wrong with our banking system. We all sense that, but Mervyn King knows it firsthand; his ten years at the helm of the Bank of England, including at the height of the financial crisis, revealed profound truths about the mechanisms of our capitalist society. In The End of Alchemy he offers us an essential work about the history and future of money and banking, the keys to modern finance. The Industrial Revolution built the foundation of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393247023
• ISBN13: 9780393247022
• Release Date: March 2016
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 448 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.5" x 9.6"