The Power of Gold: The History of an Obsession - Rilegato

Bernstein, Peter L.

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ISBN 10: 0471252107 ISBN 13: 9780471252108

Casa editrice: John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2000

Riassunto

A colorful history of humankind's obsession with gold revisits the ancient world, where gold was the absolute standard of wealth, and traces its rocky road to the present. By the author of Against the Odds. 100,000 first printing. $150,000 ad/promo. First serial, Worth.

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Recensione:

"Bernstein...gives us a multifaceted depiction of the powerful pull gold has...his grasp on things financial...is firm, and he′s admirably adept at explaining them."
––New York Times Book Review

L'autore:

PETER L. BERNSTEIN combines the zest of a historian with the meticulous analytical powers of an economist. He is the author of seven books in economics and finance, including Against the Gods: The Remarkable Story of Risk and Capital Ideas: The Improbable Origins of Modern Wall Street. He is also President of Peter L. Bernstein, Inc., an economic consultancy to institutional investors, which he founded in 1973 after many years of managing billions of dollars in individual and institutional portfolios. He has lectured widely throughout the U.S. and abroad and has received the highest honors from his peers in the investment profession.

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• Editore: John Wiley & Sons Inc
• Data di pubblicazione: 2000
• ISBN 10: 0471252107
• ISBN 13: 9780471252108
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 1
• Numero di pagine: 432