"The Cash Nexus: Economics And Politics From The Age Of Warfare Through The Age Of Welfare, 1700-2000" by Niall Ferguson

A bold synthesis of political history and modern economic theory, this book transforms the landscape of modern history and draw challenging and unsettling conclusions about the prospects of both capitalism and democracy.

The idea that money makes the world go round is a seductive one. From class conflict to the "feel good" factor, from Karl Marx to Bill Clinton, few of us would deny the importance of the economy in politics. Economic change has seemed to be the prime mover of political change whether in the age of industry or the Internet.

Contents
Acknowledgments
List of Abbreviations
Introduction
SECTION ONE: SPENDING AND TAXING
1. The Rise and Fall of the Warfare State
2. "Hateful Taxes"
3. The Commons and the Castle: Representation and Administration
SECTION TWO: PROMISES TO PAY
4. Mountains of the Moon: Public Debts
5. The Money Printers: Default and Debasement
6. Of Interest
SECTION THREE: ECONOMIC POLITICS
7. Dead Weights and Tax-eaters: The Social History of Finance
8. The Silverbridge System: Electoral Economics
SECTION FOUR: GLOBAL POWER
9. Masters and Plankton: Financial Globalization
10. Bubbles and Busts: Stock Markets in the Long Run
11. Fetter, Paper Chains: International Monetary Regimes
12. The American Wave: Democracy's Flow and Ebb
13. Fractured Unities
14. Understretch: The Limits of Economic Power
Conclusion
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index

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