8. China’s First Financial World

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Introduction 1
5. PART I. FROM CUNEIFORM TO CLASSICAL CIVILIZATION
6. 1. Finance and Writing 19
7. 2. Finance and Urbanism 31
8. 3. Financial Architecture 46
9. 4. Mesopotamian Twilight 65
10. 5. Athenian Finance 73
11. 6. Monetary Revolution 92
12. 7. Roman Finance 103
13. PART II. THE FINANCIAL LEGACY OF CHINA
14. 8. China’s First Financial World 143
15. 9. Unity and Bureaucracy 167
16. 10. Financial Divergence 194
17. PART III. THE EUROPEAN CRUCIBLE
18. 11. The Temple and Finance 207
19. 12. Venice 221
20. 13. Fibonacci and Finance 238
21. 14. Immortal Bonds 249
22. 15. The Discovery of Chance 258
23. 16. Efficient Markets 276
24. 17. Europe, Inc. 289
25. 18. Corporations and Exploration 305
26. 19. A Projecting Age 320
27. 20. A Bubble in France 347
28. 21. According to Hoyle 363
29. 22. Securitization and Debt 382
30. PART IV. THE EMERGENCE OF GLOBAL MARKETS
31. 23. Marx and Markets 405
32. 24. China’s Financiers 423
33. 25. The Russian Bear 443
34. 26. Keynes to the Rescue 454
35. 27. The New Financial World 467
36. 28. Re-Engineering the Future 493
37. 29. Post-War Theory 504
38. Conclusion 519
39. Afterword to the Paperback Edition 523
40. Notes 527
41. Bibliography 545
42. Illustration Credits 559
43. Index 561