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""[A] magnificent history of money and finance."--New York Times Book Review" Convincingly makes the case that finance is a change-maker of change-makers."--Financial Times In the aftermath of recent financial crises, it's easy to see finance as a wrecking ball: something that destroys fortunes and jobs, and undermines governments and banks. In Money Changes Everything, leading financial historian William Goetzmann argues the exact opposite-that the development of finance has made the growth of civilizations possible. Goetzmann explains that finance is a time machine, a technology that allows us to move value forward and backward through time; and that this innovation has changed the very way we think about and plan for the future. He shows how finance was present at key moments in history: driving the invention of writing in ancient Mesopotamia, spurring the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome to become great empires, determining the rise and fall of dynasties in imperial China, and underwriting the trade expeditions that led Europeans to the New World. He also demonstrates how the apparatus we associate with a modern economy-stock markets, lines of credit, complex financial products, and international trade-were repeatedly developed, forgotten, and reinvented over the course of human history. Exploring the critical role of finance over the millennia, and around the world, Goetzmann details how wondrous financial technologies and institutions-money, bonds, banks, corporations, and more-have helped urban centers to expand and cultures to flourish. And it's not done reshaping our lives, as Goetzmann considers the challenges we face in the future, such as how to use the power of finance to care for an aging and expanding population. Money Changes Everything presents a fascinating look into the way that finance has steered the course of history."--Publisher.

World history --- Finance --- Economic history. --- Civilization --- Finances --- Histoire économique --- Civilisation --- History. --- Histoire --- 338(09) --- Histoire économique --- Money. Monetary policy --- economie (algemeen) --- economie (internationaal)

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Depuis les premiers puits désormais à sec jusqu'à la quête frénétique d'un après-pétrole, du cartel secret des firmes anglo-saxonnes (les " Sept Soeurs ") jusqu'au pétrole de schiste, Or noir retrace l'irrésistible ascension de la plus puissante des industries. Dans cette fresque passionnante, on croise les personnages centraux des cent dernières années – Churchill, Clemenceau, Roosevelt, Staline, Hitler, De Gaulle, Kissinger, sans oublier les présidents George Bush père et fils... –, mais aussi John Rockefeller, probablement l'homme le plus riche de tous les temps, ainsi que des personnalités moins connues ayant joué des rôles décisifs, tels Calouste Gulbenkian, Abdullah al-Tariki ou Marion King Hubbert. Ce livre éclaire d'un jour inattendu des événements cruciaux – l'émergence de l'URSS, la crise de 1929, les deux guerres mondiales, les chocs pétroliers, les guerres d'Irak, la crise de 2008, etc. –, bousculant au passage beaucoup de fausses certitudes. Le pétrole, notre source primordiale et tarissable de puissance, est présent à l'origine des plus grands déchaînements du siècle passé, comme du sucre versé sur une fourmilière. Jusqu'à une date récente, l'emprise du pétrole s'oubliait ; elle allait tellement de soi. Croissance, climat, guerre, terrorisme : cette emprise ressurgit aujourd'hui à travers de gigantesques menaces. Or notre avenir dépend de celui que nous donnerons au pétrole, ou bien de celui qu'il nous imposera. La fin du pétrole, en tant que carburant de l'essor de l'humanité, devrait se produire bien avant que ce siècle ne s'achève. De gré ou de force. Et nul ne peut dire où cette fin va nous conduire...

Petroleum --- Petroleum industry and trade --- Pétrole --- Political aspects --- History --- Aspect politique --- Histoire --- Industrie et commerce --- Pétrole --- History. --- economie (internationaal) --- energiebeleid --- Petroleum industry and trade - History --- Petroleum industry and trade - Political aspects - History

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Business policy --- Executive ability --- Executives --- Industrial management --- Aptitude pour la direction --- Cadres (Personnel) --- Gestion d'entreprise --- Management --- 65.012.4 --- BPB0605 --- 658.011 --- besluitvorming --- economie, internationaal --- leiding geven --- managementvaardigheden --- Management. Directorate. Technique and methods of management --- Bedrijfsbeleid --- 65.012.4 Management. Directorate. Technique and methods of management --- Entreprises multinationale --- Gestion interculturelle

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Europe, Western --- Europe de l'Ouest --- Economic conditions --- Social conditions --- Conditions économiques --- Conditions sociales --- West-Europa --- economie, internationaal --- economische geschiedenis --- economische integratie, internationaal --- geschiedkundige beschrijvingen --- politiek, internationaal --- 338 <09> --- Economische geschiedenis --- 338 <09> Economische geschiedenis --- Conditions économiques --- Europe [Western ] --- 1945 --- -Europe [Western ] --- 20th century --- Europe, Western - Economic conditions - 1945 --- -Europe, Western - Social conditions - 20th century

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Sustainable development --- Développement durable --- Africa --- Developing countries --- Afrique --- Pays en développement --- Commerce. --- Commerce --- Développement durable --- Pays en développement --- handel --- economie (internationaal) --- leefmilieu --- Économie du développement --- Relations économiques internationales --- Concurrence internationale --- Accords commerciaux --- Éthique des affaires --- Commerce équitable --- Commerce international --- Commerce extérieur --- Aspect environnemental.