A Splendid Exchange

A Financial Times and Economist Best Book of the Year exploring world trade from Mesopotamia in 3,000 BC to modern globalization.   How did trade evolve to the point where we don’t think twice about biting into an apple from the other side of the world?   In A Splendid Exchange , William J. Bernstein, bestselling author of The Birth of Plenty , traces the story of global commerce from its prehistoric origins to the myriad controversies surrounding it today. Journey from ancient sailing