Money changes everything : how finance made civilization possible

William N. Goetzmann

Part I. From cuneiform to classical civilization -- 1. Finance and writing -- 2. Finance and urbanism -- 3. Financial architecture -- 4. Mesopotamian twilight -- 5. Athenian finance -- 6. Monetary revolution -- 7. Roman finance -- Part II. The financial legacy of China -- 8. China's first financial world -- 9. Unity and bureaucracy -- 10. Financial divergence -- Part III. The European crucible -- 11. The Temple and finance -- 12. Venice -- 13. Fibonacci and finance -- 14. Immortal bonds -- 15. The discovery of chance -- 16. Efficient markets -- 17. Europa, Inc. -- 18. Corporations and exploration -- 19. A projecting age -- 20. A bubble in France -- 21. According to Hoyle -- 22. Securitization and debt -- Part IV. The emergence of global markets -- 23. Marx and markets -- 24. China's financiers -- 25. The Russian bear -- 26. Keynes to the rescue -- 27. The new financial world -- 28. Re-engineering the future -- 29. Post-war theory