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金融創造文明: 從美索不達米亞到世界經濟體的誕生, 5000年前至21世紀世界經濟大歷史

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內容簡介 吳一揆（中信金控總經理）：今天全球是一個複雜經濟體的組合，這個全球文明必須面對金融創新給這個世界帶來的基本問題：如何平衡當下與未來的需求？如何避另一次金融災難的發生？以及如何讓金融創新的利益讓社會每一個人受益？這些問題或許透過威廉‧戈茲曼這本書，可以在金融創新的歷史發展軌跡上找到許多有用的指引。金融是一部時光機，金錢可以穿越時間；它不只是關於錢的歷史，也是時間的科學！金融的創新發展，改變了歷史發展的方向，牽動人類文明的進程！商業史大會（Business History Conference）2017年勞夫‧戈默里大獎（Ralph Gomory Prize）佳作羅伯‧席勒（諾貝爾經濟學獎得主）：威廉‧戈茲曼運用廣泛的歷史範例，解釋為何金融與文明的演進密不可分！中信金控總經理吳一揆、臺灣中小企業銀行董事長黃博怡（姓名排列依筆畫順序）羅伯‧席勒、威廉‧伯恩斯坦、埃羅伊‧迪姆遜等國際知名學者專家一致強力推薦橫跨5000年歷史長河，從美索不達米亞到古代中國金融遺產，從貨幣和債券的發明到人類的演變和未來，再現人類社會價值起源，力證金融才是文明的最大推手歷經金融危機之後，我們很容易將金融想成一顆專門搞破壞的大錘球：毀了財富與工作，損了政府與銀行，但，在《金融創造文明》一書中，一流的金融史學家威廉．戈茲曼提出相反的主張：正因為有了金融的發展，文明才可能成長茁壯。戈茲曼解釋，金融是一部時光機，一種讓我們能在不同時點來回轉移價值的技術，這種創新改變了我們對未來的想法與計畫。他讓我們看見金融在歷史上的關鍵時刻的身影：在古美索不達米亞時代，金融帶動書寫的發明；金融刺激了希臘羅馬古典文明，促成了偉大的帝國；金融決定中國各王朝的興起與殞落；金融也負擔了貿易探險的費用，將歐洲人帶往美洲新世界（New World）。他也證明，通常和現代經濟聯想在一起的機構制度（股市、信貸、複雜的金融產品、國際貿易），其實在人類史上早已出現，不斷發展、被人遺忘，然後再度現身。戈茲曼探索千年來金融在全世界扮演的角色，詳細說明令人驚嘆的金融技術與制度（貨幣、債券、銀行、公司等等）如何促成城市中心不斷向外拓展，帶動文化興盛。而且，正如戈茲曼在思考我們未來面臨的挑戰（比方說如何以金融的力量照顧不斷老化與不斷成長的人口）時指出的，金融仍繼續重新塑造人類的生活。《金融創造文明》是讓人驚豔的一瞥，讓我們看到金融如何改變歷史的方向。本中文書介出自《金融創造文明: 從美索不達米亞到世界經濟體的誕生, 5000年前至21世紀世界經濟大歷史》聯經出版事業股份有限公司出版 "A magnificent history of money and finance. "―New York Times Book Review "Convincingly makes the case that finance is a change-maker of change-makers. "―Financial TimesIn the aftermath of recent financial crises, it's easy to see finance as a wrecking ball: something that destroys fortunes and jobs, and undermines governments and banks. In Money Changes Everything, leading financial historian William Goetzmann argues the exact opposite―that the development of finance has made the growth of civilizations possible. Goetzmann explains that finance is a time machine, a technology that allows us to move value forward and backward through time; and that this innovation has changed the very way we think about and plan for the future. He shows how finance was present at key moments in history: driving the invention of writing in ancient Mesopotamia, spurring the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome to become great empires, determining the rise and fall of dynasties in imperial China, and underwriting the trade expeditions that led Europeans to the New World. He also demonstrates how the apparatus we associate with a modern economy―stock markets, lines of credit, complex financial products, and international trade―were repeatedly developed, forgotten, and reinvented over the course of human history.Exploring the critical role of finance over the millennia, and around the world, Goetzmann details how wondrous financial technologies and institutions―money, bonds, banks, corporations, and more―have helped urban centers to expand and cultures to flourish. And it's not done reshaping our lives, as Goetzmann considers the challenges we face in the future, such as how to use the power of finance to care for an aging and expanding population.Money Changes Everything presents a fascinating look into the way that finance has steered the course of history."

作者介紹

作者介紹 William N. Goetzmann is the Edwin J. Beinecke Professor of Finance and Management and director of the International Center for Finance at the Yale School of Management. His books include The Origins of Value: The Financial Innovations that Created the Modern Financial Markets and The Great Mirror of Folly: Finance, Culture, and the Crash of 1720.

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