Niall Ferguson makes a strong, compelling case for the development of money
and banking as a catalyst for the advancement of civilization. Yet while some
critics praised his clear, comprehensible writing, punctuated with anecdotes
and historical details, others were nonplussed by his explanations and narrative
detours. Several critics also bemoaned the book's choppy and uneven structure.an
echo of the episodic, six-part television series it was meant to accompany. So it
seems the UK critics liked the book less because they had seen the show. Though
perhaps best suited to readers with a fundamental understanding of financial
terms and theories, Ferguson's latest work provides valuable insight into the
inner workings of the global economy, past and present. For interested readers,
it demonstrates how our current fiscal meltdown fits into the bigger historical
picture and laments humanity's perennial inability to learn from this history.

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