PART I: Dreams of Avarice runtime 47:44 min, click play to start
PART II: Human Bondage
runtime 48:07 min, click play to start
PART III: Blowing Bubbles
runtime 48:12 min, click play to start
PART IV: Risky Business
runtime 47:55 min, click play to start
PART V: Safe as Houses
runtime 48:13 min, click play to start
PART VI: Chimerica
(this video is not full length, the missing parts are posted below)
runtime 32:12 min, click play to start
One week before a new President who campaigned on a promise to fix the economy takes office, public media provider WNET.ORG
is putting the meaning of money into context – where it came from, where it goes, and why it has always been (and always
will be) the fulcrum of civilization. THE ASCENT OF MONEY, a two-hour documentary based on the newly-released book The
Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World (Penguin Group USA), has premiered on January 13, 2009 on PBS.
The film is written and presented by the bestselling author, economist, historian, and Harvard professor Niall Ferguson. An
expanded, four-hour version of THE ASCENT OF MONEY will air on PBS later in 2009.
In THE ASCENT OF MONEY, Ferguson – whose series War of the World garnered critical attention last summer
– traces the evolution of money and demonstrates that financial history is the essential back-story behind all history.
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how societies have continually created and survived financial crises, we can find solid solutions to today’s worldwide
economic emergency.” As he traverses historic financial hot spots around the world, Ferguson illuminates fundamental
economic concepts and speaks with leading experts in the financial world.
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