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by: Sidney Homer, Richard Eugene Sylla List Price: $75.00 Price: $44.07 You Save: $30.93 (41%) as of 07/29/2010 14:51 EDT Used Price: $44.90 Third Party New Price: $44.07 Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 332.809 EAN: 9780813516288 Edition: 3rd ISBN: 0813516285 Label: Rutgers Univ Pr Manufacturer: Rutgers Univ Pr Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 680 Publication Date: 1996-06 Publisher: Rutgers Univ Pr Studio: Rutgers Univ Pr Related Items: The Economics Of Inflation - A Study Of Currency Depreciation In Post War Germany An Analysis and History of Inflation Inside the Yield Book: The Classic That Created the Science of Bond Analysis, New Edition This Time Is Different: Eight Centuries of Financial Folly A Monetary History of the United States, 1867-1960 see more Alternate Versions: Click to Display Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: A study of interest rates and cycles, and of credit forms, throughout recorded history. It covers ancient times and Europe in the Middle Ages and Renaissance, Europe and North America before and after 1900, as well as Japan, Russia, China, and other countries in Asia, Africa, and Latin America. Customer Reviews Average Rating: Rating: - Exactly as Advertised The book came in a timely fashion and its condition was exactly as the seller said it would be. Would buy again! Thanks! Rating: - Book Review from the Aleph Blog This book is big, very big at ~700 pages. It is a testimony to the idea that history doesn't repeat itself, but it often rhymes. The book is arranged chronologically, and geographically within each time period. Time is spent on each are roughly in proportion to the amount of unique data that we have from each era. Thus, the recent past gets more pages per year. Roughly one-quarter of the book goes from ancient times to 1800, and one quarter to the 19th century. Half of the book is ... Read More Rating: - Superb Many might say that a book of this subject matter would be incredibly dry and boring. But if one reads it from cover to cover, as was the case for this reviewer, one will find it to be packed with fascinating information and insights on almost three thousand years of financial history. Nearly every culture and geography is represented as the authors take the reader on a roller coaster ride over the hills and valleys of lending policies and usury in both private and public contexts. There are many surprises ... Read More Rating: - Pure History, Little Insight Sidney Homer delivers what he promised - a lengthy and extremely detailed history of interest rates. Almost completely absent is any commentary on why interest rates have changed through history. Any observations of cause and effect are left up to the reader to discern. But as a pure history text, the book is readable and thorough both in breadth and depth. Rating: - Opening a Window to Fixed Income Securities of Eras Past This exceptionally written, highly readable volume, written by a true pioneer in bond trading and fixed income research, covers interest rate trends and lending practices spanning over four millennia of economic history. Despite the paucity of data prior to the Industrial Revolution, the book manages to present a highly detailed analysis of money markets and borrowing practices in major economies. A History of Interest Rates seeks to provide a helicopter perspective of interest rate movements, avoiding anecdotal ... Read More see more