The Ascent of Money
tv show
6 total episodes
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1 seasons
First Aired November 17, 2008
Genres:
Overview
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.
Human Bondage
Season 1 - Episode 2 - 1h 49m
Air Date
November 24, 2008
Overview
How did finance become the realm of the masters of the universe? Through the rise of the bond market in Renaissance Italy. With the advent of bonds, war finance was transformed and spread to north-west Europe and across the Atlantic. It was the bond market that made the Rothschilds the richest and most powerful family of the 19th century. And today governments are asking it to bail them out.