A Splendid Exchange: How Trade Shaped the World
16 hrs. 38 min.
Language
Russian
Author
William Bernstein
Author
William Bernstein
Narrator
Maxim Sergeev
Narrator
Maxim Sergeev
Description
“It is impossible to trade without waging war, it is impossible to wage war without trading.”
As critics noted, this well-known phrase is a kind of quintessence of William Bernstein’s book devoted to one of the most interesting topics—the history of world trade.
It began in the 3rd millennium BC, when the Sumerians first started paying for goods with silver—and it continues to this day.
“Cheat not—sell not” is the ancient motto of traders. But sometimes trading interests wrought miracles: they opened new lands and continents, helped conquer and destroy empires, and built bridges between peoples and civilizations.
So what is this amazing story of the Great Exchange like in reality?..
As critics noted, this well-known phrase is a kind of quintessence of William Bernstein’s book devoted to one of the most interesting topics—the history of world trade.
It began in the 3rd millennium BC, when the Sumerians first started paying for goods with silver—and it continues to this day.
“Cheat not—sell not” is the ancient motto of traders. But sometimes trading interests wrought miracles: they opened new lands and continents, helped conquer and destroy empires, and built bridges between peoples and civilizations.
So what is this amazing story of the Great Exchange like in reality?..
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