The Ascent of Money(2008)
Documentary
First Air Date: 2008-11-17
Average Runtime: 49m
Rating: 8.0
Votes: 1
Seasons: 1
Episodes: 6
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.
Keywords
moneyfinance
Seasons & Episodes
Season 1
Episodes: 6E01
Dreams of avarice
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...
E02
Human Bondage
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...
E03
Blowing Bubbles
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...
E04
Risky Business
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...
E05
Safe as Houses
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 ...
E06
Chimerica
Air Date: 2008-12-22
Since the 1990s, once risky markets in Asia, Latin America and eastern Europe have become better investments than the...
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