The Price of Time : The Real Story of Interest, Edward Chancellor

The Price of Time : The Real Story of Interest, Edward ChancellorNew Paperback All economic and financial activities take place across time. Interest coordinates these activities. The story of capitalism is thus the story of interest: the price that individuals, companies and nations pay to borrow money. In The Price of Time, Edward Chancellor traces the history of interest from its origins in ancient Mesopotamia, through debates about usury in Restoration Britain and John Law ' s ill fated Mississippi scheme, to

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