{"id":51300,"date":"2025-02-05T21:59:00","date_gmt":"2025-02-05T21:59:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/the-richest-man-who-ever-lived-the-life-and-times-of-jacob-fugger\/"},"modified":"2025-02-05T21:59:00","modified_gmt":"2025-02-05T21:59:00","slug":"the-richest-man-who-ever-lived-the-life-and-times-of-jacob-fugger","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/studentsclub.org\/homepage\/the-richest-man-who-ever-lived-the-life-and-times-of-jacob-fugger\/","title":{"rendered":"The Richest Man Who Ever Lived: The Life and Times of Jacob Fugger"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\nPrice: <span style=\"color:#b12704\"><del>$18.99<\/del> - $11.76<\/span><br \/><i><small>(as of Feb 05, 2025 21:59:00 UTC &#8211; <span class=\"wp_automatic_amazon_disclaimer\" title=\"Product prices and availability are accurate as of the date\/time indicated and are subject to change. Any price and availability information displayed on [relevant Amazon Site(s), as applicable] at the time of purchase will apply to the purchase of this product.\">Details<\/span>)<\/small><\/i><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/amazon.com\/dp\/1451688563?tag=musadiqhus0f2-20\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/valvepress.s3.amazonaws.com\/imgs\/buy_now.png\"><\/a><br \/>\n<br \/>\n  \u201cA colorful introduction to one of the most influential businessmen in history\u201d (The New York Times Book Review), Jacob Fugger\u2014the Renaissance banker \u201cwho wrote the playbook for everyone who keeps score with money\u201d (Bryan Burrough, author of Days of Rage).<\/p>\n<p>In the days when Columbus sailed the ocean and Da Vinci painted the Mona Lisa, a German banker named Jacob Fugger became the richest man in history.<\/p>\n<p>Fugger lived in Germany at the turn of the sixteenth century, the grandson of a peasant. By the time he died, his fortune amounted to nearly two percent of European GDP. In an era when kings had unlimited power, Fugger dared to stare down heads of state and ask them to pay back their loans\u2014with interest. It was this coolness and self-assurance, along with his inexhaustible ambition, that made him not only the richest man ever, but a force of history as well. Before Fugger came along it was illegal under church law to charge interest on loans, but he got the Pope to change that. He also helped trigger the Reformation and likely funded Magellan\u2019s circumnavigation of the globe. His creation of a news service gave him an information edge over his rivals and customers and earned Fugger a footnote in the history of journalism. And he took Austria\u2019s Habsburg family from being second-tier sovereigns to rulers of the first empire where the sun never set.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEnjoyable\u2026readable and fast-paced\u201d (The Wall Street Journal), The Richest Man Who Ever Lived is more than a tale about the most influential businessman of all time. It is a story about palace intrigue, knights in battle, family tragedy and triumph, and a violent clash between the one percent and everybody else. \u201cThe tale of Fugger\u2019s aspiration, ruthlessness, and greed is riveting\u201d (The Economist).    <\/p>\n<div id=\"product-summary\" data-hook=\"cr-insights-widget-summary\" class=\"a-section a-spacing-none\">\n<div class=\"a-section a-spacing-small a-spacing-top-\">\n<h3 data-hook=\"cr-insights-heading-label\" class=\"a-size-base-plus a-color-base a-text-bold\">Customers say<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"a-spacing-small\"><span>Customers find the book interesting and enjoyable. 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