The Cash Nexus: Economics and Politics from the Age of Warfare through the Age of Welfare, 1700-2000: Economics and Politics from the Age of Wareare Through the Age of Welfare, 1700-2000

by NiallFerguson (Author)

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  Acclaimed historian Niall Ferguson offers a radical new history of the links between politics and economics, drawing unsettling conclusions about the future of capitalism and democracy. . Conventional wisdom has long claimed that economic change is the prime mover of political change, whether in the age of industry or Internet. But is it? Ferguson thinks it is high time we re-examined the link-the nexus, in Thomas Carlyle's phrase-between economics and politics. His central argument is that the conflicting impulses of sex, violence, and power are together more powerful than money. *Among Ferguson's startling claims are: * Nothing has done more to transform the world economy than war, yet wars themselves do not have primarily economic causes. * The present age of economic globalization is coinciding-paradoxically-with political and military fragmentation. * Financial crises are frequently caused by unforeseen political events rather than economic fluctuations. * The relationship between prosperity and government popularity is largely illusory. * Since political and economic liberalization are not self-perpetuating, the so-called triumph of democracy worldwide may be short-lived. * A bold synthesis of political history and modern economic theory, Cash Nexus will transform the landscape of modern history and draw challenging conclusions about the prospects of both capitalism and democracy. *.

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  Modern history shows that a nation's success largely depends on the way it manages its money. But where do money and politics meet? From 1700 to the present day, Niall Ferguson offers a bold and original analysis of the evolution of today's economic and political landscape. Far from being driven by the profit motive alone, our recent history, as Ferguson makes brilliantly clear, has also been made by potent and often conflicting human impulses - sex, violence and the desire for power. In this dazzling, powerful and controversial explanation of modern world history and the fundamental force that lurks behind it all, Niall Ferguson answers the big questions about finance and its crucial place in bringing happiness and despair, warfare and welfare, boom and crash to nations buffeted by the onward march of history. A marvellous combination of persuasion and provocation...The Cash Nexus has enough ideas for a dozen books. (Martin Daunton, History Today). The Cash Nexus is...packed with intriguing arguments and controversial propositions...[an] outstanding book. (Frank McLynn, Independent). Ferguson is one of the most technically accomplished historians writing today...The Cash Nexus offers an important corrective to the naive story of economic growth. (Robert Skidelsky, New York Review of Books).

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  Modern history shows that a nation's success largely depends on the way it manages its money. But where do money and politics meet? From 1700 to the present day, Niall Ferguson offers a bold and original analysis of the evolution of today's economic and political landscape. Far from being driven by the profit motive alone, our recent history, as Ferguson makes brilliantly clear, has also been made by potent and often conflicting human impulses - sex, violence and the desire for power. In this dazzling, powerful and controversial explanation of modern world history and the fundamental force that lurks behind it all, Niall Ferguson answers the big questions about finance and its crucial place in bringing happiness and despair, warfare and welfare, boom and crash to nations buffeted by the onward march of history. A marvellous combination of persuasion and provocation...The Cash Nexus has enough ideas for a dozen books. (Martin Daunton, History Today). The Cash Nexus is...packed with intriguing arguments and controversial propositions...[an] outstanding book. (Frank McLynn, Independent). Ferguson is one of the most technically accomplished historians writing today...The Cash Nexus offers an important corrective to the naive story of economic growth. (Robert Skidelsky, New York Review of Books).