
Historian Niall Ferguson tells the story of money and the rise of global finance. Bringing context and understanding to the current economic crisis, he reveals how the history of finance has been punctuated by gut-wrenching crashes.
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Air Date: 2008-11-17
From Shylock's pound of flesh to the loan sharks of Glasgow, from the 'promises to pay' on Babylonian clay tablets to...
Air Date: 2008-11-24
How did finance become the realm of the masters of the universe? Through the rise of the bond market in Renaissance I...
Air Date: 2008-12-01
Why do stock markets produce bubbles and busts? Professor Ferguson goes back to the origins of the joint stock compan...
Air Date: 2008-12-08
Life is a risky business – which is why people take out insurance. But faced with an unexpected disaster, the state h...
Air Date: 2008-12-15
It sounded so simple: give state-owned assets to the people. After all, what better foundation for a property-owning ...
Air Date: 2008-12-22
Since the 1990s, once risky markets in Asia, Latin America and eastern Europe have become better investments than the...