The Pursuit of Wealth
Subtitle: The Incredible Story of Money Throughout the Ages of Wealth
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Trade
Published: December 27, 1999
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9780070596139
Subjects: Economic history; Investment & securities; World history; Investments & Securities - General; Investment Finance; Monetary Theory; Business & Economics; Business / Economics / Finance; Business/Economics; Money & Monetary Policy; Corporate & Business History - General; History; Money
First sentence: Alternatively, commerce may have originated when farmers producing surpluses traded their excess for someone's overproduction of a commodity they lacked.