Sidney Homer, Richard Sylla

A History of Interest Rates

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Produktbeschreibung

A History of INTEREST RATES

The late Sidney Homer published the First Edition of A History of Interest Rates in 1963 because he believed that a comprehensive history of this universal and basic economic and commercial price was necessary. Now in its Fourth Edition, A History of Interest Rates has become a classic in the fields of economics and finance.

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 updated Fourth Edition provides a historical perspective of interest rate movements as well as a new chapter of contemporary material and added discussions of interest rate developments over the past 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 America to 1900: England, France, and other European countries, as well as the United States
* Europe and North America since 1900: England, France, Germany, and Italy, as well as Canada and the United States
* Other countries and regions in the 1900s: Japan, Russia, China, and Latin America

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A History of Interest Rates presents a very readable account of interest rate trends and lending practices over four millennia of economic history. Despite the paucity of data prior to the Industrial Revolution, authors Homer and Sylla provide a highly detailed analysis of money markets and borrowing practices in major economies. Underlying the analysis is their assertion that "the free market long-term rates of interest for any industrial nation, properly charted, provide a sort of fever chart of the economic and political health of that nation." Given the enormous volatility of rates in the 20th century, this implies we re living in age of political and economic excesses that are reflected in massive interest rate swings. Gain more insight into this assertion by ordering a copy of this book today.

Produktdetails

• Wiley Finance Editions
• Verlag: Wiley & Sons
• 4. Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 736
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. August 2005
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 44mm
• Gewicht: 1000g
• ISBN-13: 9780471732839
• ISBN-10: 0471732834
• Artikelnr.: 14973664

Autorenporträt

SIDNEY HOMER, who died in 1983, was a limited partner in Salomon Brothers and was the general partner in charge of the firm's bond market research department. He is best known for his pioneering and analytical works of bond market history and the economic forces that drive bond market trends. RICHARD SYLLA is Henry Kaufman Professor of the History of Financial Institutions and Markets and a Professor of Economics, Entrepreneurship, and Innovation at NYU's Stern School of Business. He is a past president of the Economic History Association and is a trustee of the Museum of American Financial History.

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword by Dr. Henry Kaufman. Preface to the Fourth Edition. Summary
Tables. Summary Charts. Introduction. Part One: Ancient Times. 1.
Prehistoric and Primitive Credit and Interest. 2. Mesopotamia: Sumer,
Babylonia, and Assyria. 3. Greece. 4.Rome. 5. A Summary and Analysis of
Ancient Interest Rates. Part Two: Medieval and Renaissance Europe. 6. Usury
Doctrines and Their Effect on European Credit Forms and Interest. 7. The
Dark Ages. 8. Late Medieval Times. 9. The Renaissance. 10. A Summary and
Analysis of Medieval and Renaissance Interest Rates in Western Europe. Part
Three: Modern Europe and North America to 1900. 11. England in the
Eighteenth Century. 12. Europe in the Eighteenth Century. 13. England in
the Nineteenth Century. 14. France in the Nineteenth Century. 15. Other
European Countries in the Nineteenth Century. 16. The United States in the
Eighteenth and Nineteenth Centuries. Part Four: Europe and North America
Since 1900. 17. The United States in the Twentieth Century: 1900-1945. 18.
The United States in the Twentieth Century: 1946-1990. 19. England in the
Twentieth Century. 20. Europe in the Twentieth Century: France, the
Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Italy. 21. Europe in the Twentieth Century:
Switzerland, Austria, Scandinavia, Ireland, Iberia, and Turkey. 22. Canada
in the Twentieth Century. 23. Summary and Analysis of Interest Rates in
Europe and North America Since 1700. Part Five: Other Countries and the
1990's. 24. Japan. 25. The Old Sterling Area: Australia, New Zealand, South
Africa, India, and Pakistan. 26. Russia. 27. China. 28. Latin America. 29.
Turn of the Millennium: 1990-2005. Notes. Index.