Popes and Bankers, Jack Cashill
Popes and Bankers, Jack Cashill
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Popes and Bankers
A Cultural History of Credit and Debt, from Aristotle to AIG

Author: Jack Cashill

Narrator: Josh Bloomberg

Unabridged: 10 hr 21 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Thomas Nelson

Published: 10/10/2023

Synopsis

 AMIDST THE WRECKAGE OF FINANCIAL RUIN, PEOPLE ARE LEFT PUZZLING ABOUT HOW IT HAPPENED. WHERE DID ALL THE PROBLEMS BEGIN?For the answer, Jack Cashill, a journalist as shrewd as he is seasoned, looks past the headlines and deep into pages of history and comes back with the goods. From Plato to payday loans, from Aristotle to AIG, from Shakespeare to the Salomon Brothers, from the Medici to Bernie Madoff—in Popes and Bankers Jack Cashill unfurls a fascinating story of credit and debt, usury and “the sordid love of gain.”With a dizzying cast of characters, including church officials, gutter loan sharks, and even the Knights Templar, Cashill traces the creative tension between “pious restraint” and “economic ambition” through the annals of human history and illuminates both the dark corners of our past and the dusty corners of our billfolds.  

About Jack Cashill

An independent writer and producer, Jack Cashill has written twelve books since 2000, ten of which have been featured on C-SPAN's Book-TV. He has also produced a score of documentaries for regional PBS and national cable channels, one of which won an Emmy. In addition to his work as executive editor with Ingram's Magazine, Jack has written for Fortune, the Washington Post, the Wall Street Journal, and the Weekly Standard. He has a PhD from Purdue University in American studies and has taught as a Fulbright lecturer at the Universities of Nancy and Strasbourg in France.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Cole on June 13, 2012

As a cultural history of credit and debt, Cashill's book is impressive in scope, but suffers from the brevity with which he treats his historical subjects as he blasts through history in short chapters. There's no real critical engagement with quoted authors; instead Cashill colors the surface of hi......more

Goodreads review by Adam on April 07, 2019

If you like debt you probably won’t like this book. However if you have ever wondered how the world became so debt obsessed then this book well worth a read. Fascinating and sobering!......more

Goodreads review by David on January 10, 2024

I am giving it two stars for intention alone. Unfortunately, some subjects are too important to be treated with brevity.......more

Goodreads review by dvd on May 05, 2010

This review may also be found at www.thispilgrimland.com “Is it possible that monks and other Judeo-Christian moralists were useful, maybe even essential to the creation of this [the thriving Western:] economy? If so, then is it possible that their dismissal from the marketplace has condemned us to o......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on May 20, 2010

If you are interested in finance and economics, history and Christian thought, then this book is for you. As I read the TIME magazine pretty much cover to cover, I skip the financial section (even though I was a business major). But Caleb is really interested in it so I decided to get this book thro......more

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