Description
This 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, this up to date Fourth Edition provides a historical standpoint of interest rate movements in addition to a new chapter of up to date material and added discussions of interest rate developments over the last ten years.
A sampling of eras and areas covered include:
- Ancient Times: Mesopotamia, Greece, and Rome
- Medieval Times and Renaissance Europe: Italy, Spain, Germany, France, and more
- Modern Europe and North The us to 1900: England, France, and other European countries, in addition to the United States
- Europe and North The us since 1900: England, France, Germany, and Italy, in addition to Canada and the United States
- Other countries and regions within the 1900s: Japan, Russia, China, and Latin America