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THE ASCENT OF MONEY wins International Emmy® ritish broadcaster Channel 4 picked up an International Emmy® Award for best documentary for historian Niall Ferguson's series THE ASCENT OF MONEY. The series charts the financial history of the world, demonstrating the effect that finance had on some of the most momentous historic events. Nov 25th, 2009 | 6 comments Live Q bond markets that supported warfare in Europe. Jul 8th, 2009 | 39 comments The Ascent of Money Episode 1: From Bullion to Bubbles In the first episode of the four-hour series THE ASCENT OF MONEY, economist and historian Niall Ferguson documents the roots of money in the conquest of the Americas, from the Incan empire to the Louisiana territory. Jul 8th, 2009 | 82 comments Watch the two-hour THE ASCENT OF MONEY Watch the two-hour program THE ASCENT OF MONEY online.
247 of 264 people found the following review helpful: 4.0 out of 5 stars The Financial Subplot, November 15, 2008 Izaak Van Gaalen ( San Francisco, CA USA) - See all my reviews( REAL NAME) Niall Ferguson has written an easily accessible and very entertaining history of finance, ranging from the clay tokens of Mesopotamia 5,000 years ago to the hedge funds of today. The title of this book has apparently been modelled on Jacob Bronowski's The Ascent of Man, and like that book it will be made into a television series. Being a television celebrity is not something that wins the admiration of one's peers in the history profession, to say the least. But those little rebukes are relatively mild compared to the scorn he received for his political views in Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power and Colossus: The Rise and Fall of the American Empire. In those works he argued that empire was beneficial not only to the mother country but the dominated countries as well. In this work he chronicles not only the history of money but also makes a case for liberalized finance. Ferguson examines the financial subplot behind some of the major historical powers such as the role of money in ancient Mesopotamia, the denarius in Roman society, and gold and silver in the civilization of the Incas. He is very good in his descriptions of financial families like the Medicis and the Rothchilds, and how they became banking dynasties. Another memorable episode was the rise of Amsterdam as the world's financial center and the center's subsequent shift to London. History is also filled with financial disasters of which we are well aware today. Ferguson tells the story of John Law and how he became France's head of finance. He engineered a financial bubble that took them several generations to overcome. Making matters worse, it occurred at the same.
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Ascent of Money All Business View all episodes 6 x 2 2008 £1,170.00 For some it's the root of all evil. Others wished it grew on trees. Love it or loathe it, whatever your opinion of it is, money is as inescapable as death and taxes. But what exactly is money? Where did it come from? And where did it all go? In this fresh, revelatory series, Ascent of Money, historian and Harvard professor Niall Ferguson reveals everything you need know about money. Why did money stop being metal and morph into paper? Why do people never learn that stock market bubbles always end in busts? Understand these things and you start to see world history in a new light. Discover that it was Rothschild as much as Wellington who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo and why it's the adoption of Arab mathematics that allowed that lovely Renaissance art and architecture to flourish. And you'll discover why the welfare state was born in Stockholm but died in Santiago. Ascent of Money is also a magical history tour, transporting you from the Jewish ghetto in Venice to the Shanghai stock market. ' Follow the money' is always a pretty good rule. Niall Ferguson follows it from its unlikely source in the Arab street to the great delta of credit that flows, as the sun rises and the world revolves, from Tokyo to London to New York. Combining dynamic film-making, interviews with financial big hitters and Niall Ferguson's engaging and accessible style, Ascent of Money will fundamentally transform your idea of what really makes the world go round. An educational documentary from the BBC looking at the history and politics of money.