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The Cash Nexus: Economics And Politics From The Age Of Warfare Through The Age Of Welfare, 1700-2000 Books
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Binding: Paperback
Dewey Decimal Number: 330
EAN: 9780465023264
ISBN: 0465023266
Label: Basic Books
Manufacturer: Basic Books
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: February 20, 2002
Publisher: Basic Books
Sales Rank: 32959
Studio: Basic Books
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Acclaimed historian Niall Ferguson offers a radical new history of the links between politics and economics, drawing unsettling conclusions about the future of capitalism and democracy.
Conventional wisdom has long claimed that economic change is the prime mover of political change, whether in the age of industry or Internet. But is it? Ferguson thinks it is high time we re-examined the link--the nexus, in Thomas Carlyle's phrase--between economics and politics. His central argument is that the conflicting impulses of sex, violence, and power are together more powerful than money.
Among Ferguson's startling claims are:
· Nothing has done more to transform the world economy than war, yet wars themselves do not have primarily economic causes.
· The present age of economic globalization is coinciding--paradoxically--with political and military fragmentation.
· Financial crises are frequently caused by unforeseen political events rather than economic fluctuations.
· The relationship between prosperity and government popularity is largely illusory.
· Since political and economic liberalization are not self-perpetuating, the so-called triumph of democracy worldwide may be short-lived.
· A bold synthesis of political history and modern economic theory, The Cash Nexus will transform the landscape of modern history and draw challenging conclusions about the prospects of both capitalism and democracy.
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Ferguson writes another of his trademark power histories with a grand narrative and an attempt to scale the mighty themes.
The Cash Nexus, taken from Carlye's quote about money and political power, examines the paradigms of money and warfare in the modern world. He writes interestingly about how many modern financial institutions came about to finance warfare, and how modern insitutions of peacekeeping such as the UN can be woefully inadequate compared with the might and financial clout ... Read More
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This book is a fascinating read for everyone who is interested in the application of economic theory to world history. Reviewing and rejecting economic determinist theories like marxism, the political business cycle and imperial overstretch, Ferguson advances his own argument. It is war that brought us modern finance, bureaucracy and democracy. The outcome of war cannot be predicted with accuracy, but the nation that can finance it at least costs has a comparative advantage. Ferguson skillfully applies ... Read More
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I originally picked up this book to see how Ferguson's economic views relate to his views of imperialism (Colossus, and Empire). What I discovered was little different than I expected; that the burden of warfare and imperialism on national treasuries in Europe actually HELPED to develop today's financial systems. This financial system (i.e. the bond market) gave these powers, such as Britain, the ability to extend their power, resulting in world supremacy. In putting forth this theory, he seems to overlook, ... Read More
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Niall Ferguson is a professor of political and financial history who has written other well-received, albeit controversial, books. My feeling after reading this book was rather mixed.
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This, I think, is where things become more complicated than the book suggests. Did England found the Bank of England and establish the other institutions that allowed the United Kingdom to become the global hegemon in order to become a global hegemon? Or did Parliament and the Bank of England etc. arise to ... Read More
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Niall Ferguson has written an excellent book from a generally objective point of view full of intriguing arguments backed up by extensive statistical analysis. The part that seems to have received the most attention is his discussion of great power "overstretch" and it is the part that also caught my attention especially since I read it with the benefit of hindsight.
He wrote this book in the year 2000, just before 9/11 and the invasion of Iraq. In the last chapter of his book he argues that great ... Read More
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