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- Product code: 18990
- ISBN: 0471003786,
ISBN13: 9780471003786,
448 pages, paperback
Published by John Wiley & Sons on 2001
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Description of The Power of Gold |
At every stage of human history, Gold has played a role. From the ancient fascinations of Moses and Midas through to the modern convulsions caused by the gold standard and its aftermath, gold has led many of its most eager and proud possessors to a bad end. Gold has them, rather than the other way round.
Such is the power of gold. Yet gold is only a metaphor for the eternal quest for wealth that has reappeared in our own time, as we idolise instant millionaires and accept extravagant valuations for high technology companies.
Will the same cycle of obssession and desperation forged by gold befall those who deal in the fast-moving, electronically-driven markets of today's world?
Peter L. Bernstein, the author of the international bestseller Against the Gods, brings to life the extraordinary story of greed, violence, envy, lust and war that has surrounded this most priceless yet ultimately useless substance for more than 3,000 years.
The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession is just that. It is a gripping, exciting and insightful work that combined many strands of history, politics and finance into a book of universal appeal.
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Reviews"Admirably written."
- John Kenneth Galbraith
"The story of gold - in all its splendour and mythology."
- Paul A. Volcker
"Brilliant and unexpected."
- Steve Jones
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Contents of The Power of Gold |
A Metal for All Seasons
1. Get Gold a All Hazards
2. Midas's Wish and the Creatures of Pure Chance
3. Darius's Bathtub and the Cackling of the Geese
4. The Symbol and the Faith
5. Gold, Salt and the Blessed Town
6. The Legacy of Eoba, Babba and Udd
7. The Great Chain Reaction
8. The Disintegrating Age and the Kings' Ransoms
9. The Sacred Thirst
The Path to Triumph
10. The Fatal Poison and Private Money
11. The Asian Necropolis and Hien Tsung's Inadvertent Innovation
12. The Great Recoinage and the Last of the Magicians
13. The True Doctrine and the Grat Evil
14. The New Mistress and the Cursed Discovery
15. The Badge of Honor
16. The Most Stupendous Conspiracy and the Endless Chain
The Descent from Glory
17. The Norman Conquest
18. The End of the Epoch
19. The Transcending value
20. World War Eight and the Thirty Ounces of Gold
Epilogue: The Supreme Possession?
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