The Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations That Created Modern Capital Markets by William N. Goetzmann

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

William N. Goetzmann

416 pages first pub 2005 (editions)

nonfiction economics history informative slow-paced

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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 t...

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