The Story of Silver: How the White Metal Shaped America and the Modern World
Hardcover
Paperback
- Price:
- $19.95/拢16.99
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- Published (US):
- Jan 12, 2021
- Published (UK):
- Feb 16, 2021
- Pages:
- 360
- Size:
- 5.25 x 8 in.
- 22 b/w illus.
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This is the story of silver鈥檚 transformation from soft money during the nineteenth century to hard asset today, and how manipulations of the white metal by American president Franklin D. Roosevelt during the 1930s and by the richest man in the world, Texas oil baron Nelson Bunker Hunt, during the 1970s altered the course of American and world history. Silver has been the preferred shelter against government defaults, political instability, and inflation for most people in the world because it is cheaper than gold. The white metal has been the place to hide when conventional investments sour, but it has also seduced sophisticated investors throughout the ages like a siren. This book explains how powerful figures, up to and including Warren Buffett, have come under silver鈥檚 thrall, and how its history guides economic and political decisions in the twenty-first century.
Awards and Recognition
- One of the Financial Times' Summer 快色直播 of 2019: History
- One of the Financial Times' Best 快色直播 of 2019: History