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Title The ascent of money / PBS ; written and presented by Niall Ferguson ; series producer, Melanie Fall ; series director, Adrian Pennink ; series executives, Andy Halper and Stephen Segaller ; executive producers, Simon Berthon and William R. Grant ; a co-production of Chimerica Media Limited and THIRTEEN in association with WNET.

Publication Info. [London] : Chimerica Media Ltd. ; [Alexandria, VA] : Distributed by PBS Distribution, [2009]
©2009

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 Moore Video  HG171 .A83 2009    Available  Ask at Circulation Desk
Edition Complete 4 hour version.
Description 1 DVD (approximately 240 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Physical Medium polychrome
Description digital
optical
stereo
NTSC
video file
DVD video
region 1
System Details DVD; Region 1, NTSC; stereo; widescreen presentation, enhanced for 16:9, televisions.
Performer Presenter, Professor Niall Ferguson; Episode 1 & 3 cast: Gareth Armstrong (Shylock), Richard Lintern (Bassanio).
Credits Director of photography, Dewald Aukema, additional photography, Vaughan Matthews ; composer, Steven Severin, additional music, Jack Ketch ; editors, Orly Danon, Elliot McCaffrey, Matt Platts-Mills, Duncan Thomsen ; archive researcher, Alison McAllen.
Summary Based on professor Niall Ferguson's best-selling book "The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World" in which he predicted the current economic crisis delves into how the complex system of global finance evolved over the centuries, how money has shaped the course of human affairs and how the mechanics of this economic system work to create seemingly unlimited wealth--or catastrophic loss. By the beginning of the 21st century, the systems of credit, insurance, bond trading and stock markets had transcended all national boundaries to create a truly global economic system, opening the door to unprecedented growth, but also worldwide instability in the event of one nation's downturn. In an effort to establish more stability following the Great Depression, the U.S. government's New Deal created a "property owning Democracy," a system of federally backed savings and loans that allowed more people than ever before to buy homes by offering low interest rates and long-term mortgages. Rampant inflation in the 1970s, however, led the government to remove regulations on interest rates and opened the door to a massive scandal in the 1980s and one of the country's worst economic crises. The vulnerabilities of America's property-based economy would be felt again 20 years later, in the current economic crisis that has shaken the world. The crisis threatens "Chimerica," the symbiotic relationship between China and America in which China's vast savings from the manufacturing of cheap goods has been lent to America to fuel growth. But at what point will America's battered economy lead China to cut off its line of credit? And how might America respond? The answer, Ferguson suggests, may be found in the history of the ascent of money.
Event Reorganized 4-hour edition aired in July 2009.
Audience MPAA Rating: Not rated.
Contents Episode 1. From bullion to bubbles -- Introduction -- The beginnings of money -- Credit -- The Medicis & money lending -- Bonds -- Stocks -- John Law's scheme -- Credits (56 min.) -- Episode 2. Bonds of war -- Introduction -- John Law and the Mississippi bubble -- The Rothschilds -- The Battle of Waterloo -- The American Civil War -- Real estate -- Emerging markets -- Credits (55 min.) -- Episode 3. Risky business -- Introduction -- The limits of modern insurance -- The origins of insurance -- The welfare state -- Milton Friedman -- Chile's economic collapse -- Hedging bets -- Derivatives -- Credits (56 min.) -- Episode 4. Planet finance -- Introduction -- Property owning democracy -- The S & L scandal -- Global finance -- Sub-prime countries -- Micro-finance -- Chimerica -- Credits (55 min.).
Note Special features: PBS.org [text feature].
Local Note Rider University has public performance rights (PPR) for this title. See "Terms of use" for more details or contact the electronic resources librarian.
Language In English; closed-captioned.
Terms Of Use Rider University has limited public performance rights included in the purchase of this title: May be shown in a classroom or screened by a public group, for educational purposes, when no admission is charged for the viewing; may be transmitted on a closed-circuit system within a building or single campus --From sticker on container.
Subject Money -- History.
Money.
History.
Economic history.
Economic history.
Finance -- History.
Finance.
Economics -- History.
Economics.
International finance -- History.
International finance.
Genre/Form Documentary television programs.
Documentary television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Nonfiction television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Television adaptations.
Television adaptations.
Video recordings.
Video recordings.
Added Author Ferguson, Niall, host, narrator.
Fall, Melanie, producer.
Pennink, Adrian, director.
Halper, Andy, producer.
Segaller, Stephen, producer.
Berthon, Simon, producer.
Grant, William (William R.), producer.
Armstrong, Gareth, actor.
Lintern, Richard, actor.
Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.)
Chimerica Media.
WNET (Television station : New York, N.Y.)
PBS Home Video.
PBS Distribution (Firm)
Note Container title: Ascent of money : a financial history of the world
ISBN 0793670934
9780793670932
Standard No. 841887010948
Music No. ASMO600 PBS Video