A History of Interest Rates: 2000 B.C. to the Present.

FIRST AMERICAN EDITION, FIRST IMPRESSION. Cloth-bound, hardcover with dust jacket, octavo (24 x 16 x 5cm), pp. xvi, 617. English text, with extensive footnotes, index, tables and charts. Bound in publisher's original red cloth, supplied in the original and complete dust jacket. Condition: NEAR FINE. An excellent, tight and clean example, in a very well-preserved dust jacket with light wear to the extremities. Without previous ownership markings. Scarce thus. Notes: Rare first edition of this classic work which details the analysis of money markets and borrowing practices in major economies. The History of Interest Rates is a one-of-a-kind guide presents a readable account of interest rate trends and lending practices spanning over four millennia of economic history. Filled with in-depth insights and illustrative charts and tables. Now in its fourth edition, The History of Interest Rates is a classic in the field of economics and finance.