Atlas of finance: mapping the global story of money

Location: Oxford Brookes University, Headington Campus, CLC 1.12 (Learning Studio), Clerici Building.

Join us for the presentation of the Atlas of Finance by Professor Dariusz Wójcik.
From the emergence of money in the ancient world to today’s interconnected landscape of high-frequency trading and cryptocurrency, the story of finance has always taken place on an international stage. Finance is one of the most globalized and networked of human activities, and one of the most important social technologies ever invented.
The Atlas of Finance, the first visually based book dedicated to finance, uses graphics and maps to bring the complex and abstract world of finance down to earth, showing how geography is fundamental for understanding finance, and vice versa. It illuminates the people—including Adam Smith, Karl Marx, and John Maynard Keynes—who have shaped our thinking about global finance; brings to life the ways that place-specific histories, laws, regulations, and institutions influence finance; shows how finance relates to innovation, globalisation, and environmental change; and details how finance plays a key part in drawing the landscape of uneven development, inequality, and instability.
Liaquat Ahamed, Pulitzer Prize winning author of the book “Lords of Finance”, described the Atlas as ”a stunning visual experience, every page a revelation of the mystery of finance and its often hidden pathways across the globe.”
Robert J. Shiller, Nobel laureate in Economic Sciences, wrote that “each page bursts with stunning and illuminating illustrations” and “everyone from students to seasoned professionals to armchair experts will learn something from this unique and fun book”.
About the author:

Prof Dariusz Wójcik is a Professor of Financial Geography at National University of Singapore and an Honorary Research Associate at Oxford University. While specializing in financial geography, he has published widely in human geography and urban studies, finance and economics, and political economy. He is the Chair the Global Network on Financial Geography, Editor-in-Chief of Finance & Space journal, and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.

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