The Origins of Value

By: Goetzmann, William N.

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
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 4.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 8.7" x 11.1"