《千年金融史:金融如何塑造文明,从5000年前到21世纪》读后感300字
时间机器,金融与文明
William H. Goetzmann 教授是已故美国the University of Texas 大学考古、历史系教授。 而本书的作者William N. Goetzmann是他的儿子,Yale University 金融史学家,金融学教授。 在他这本原题为’ Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible’ 以金融货币为主线,恍若置身于时间机器。Goetzmannshows how finance was present at key moments in history: driving the invention of writing in ancient Mesopotamia, spurring the classical civilizations of Greece and Rome to become great empires, determining the rise and fall of dynasties in imperial China, and underwriting the trade expeditions that led Europeans to the New World. He also demonstrates how the apparatus we associate with a modern economy--stock markets, lines of credit, complex financial products, and international trade--were repeatedly developed, forgotten, and reinvented over the course of human history.
阅读本书的最大收获是更加清晰的明确了金融具有四个关键要素:
在时间上重新配置经济价值;
重新配置风险;
重新配置资本;
扩展了资源重新配置的渠道和复杂程度。
这事实上说明了金融直接面对的乃是资源优化配置问题。既然这样,金融绝非简单的钱,而是要跨越时间和空间去解决资源有限性与人类欲望无限性这个矛盾。金融更关乎的是人类文明的进程。
这是一本值得收藏的书!️