The Ascent of MoneyA reissue of Niall Ferguson's bestselling book with a major new chapter on the first ten years of the Financial Crisis Bread, cash, dosh, dough, loot. Call it what you like, it matters now more than ever. In The Ascent of Money, Niall Ferguson shows that finance is the foundation of all human progress and the lifeblood of history. From the cash injection that funded the Italian Renaissance to the stock market bubble that sparked the French Revolution,