War and Gold by Kwasi Kwarteng
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Description _______________'Enormously entertaining' - Sunday Times'Exhaustive and convincingly argued' - Observer'A complicated story well told, from which financial lessons emerge naturally' - Financial Times_______________A unique look at the financial world and its troubled history, from the disaster that befell Spain in the sixteenth century to the 2008 global financial crisisIn the sixteenth century, Spanish conquistadors discovered the New World. The vast quantities of gold and silver would make their country rich, yet the new wealth, which was plunged into multiple wars, would eventually lead to the economic ruin of their empire.Here, historian and politician Kwasi Kwarteng shows that this moment in world history has been echoed many times, from the French Revolution to both World Wars, right up to the present day, when our own financial crisis saw many of our great nations slip into financial trouble. Kwarteng reveals a pattern of war-waging, financial debt and fluctuations between paper money and the gold standard, and creates a compelling study of the powerful relationship that has shaped the world as we know it, that between war and gold._______________'Searing ... Few stones are left unlifted in this study, the subtitle of which gives every clue as to its ambition' - Independent
Author Biography
Kwasi Kwarteng was born in London to Ghanaian parents. He has a PhD in History from Cambridge University. In 2010 he was elected as the Member of Parliament for Spelthorne in Surrey. He is also the author of Ghosts of Empire.@kwasikwarteng
Details ISBN 1408831686 ISBN-13 9781408831687 Title War and Gold Author Kwasi Kwarteng Format Paperback Year 2015 Pages 448 Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC GE_Item_ID:102149011; About Us
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