This book traces the evolution of the basic principles of finance through 3,000 years of history - to the dawn of writing. It is a collection of studies of key ... » 

This book traces the evolution of the basic principles of finance through 3,000 years of history - to the dawn of writing. It is a collection of studies of key innovations in finance from the Old Babylonian loan tablets, to the 1953 London Debt Agreement that span regions in Asia, Africa, North America and Europe. «