Niall Ferguson: The Ascent of Money

Just in case you missed the airing of "The Ascent of Money," on PBS a few weeks ago, here it is in its entirety. This is a profound, well produced, and very well-informed look inside the history of money, the history of credit, banking and markets. Ferguson is the best-selling author of the book of the same title and Harvard professor.

The Ascent of Money, narrated by it's author Niall Ferguson

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), will premiere on Tuesday, January 13 at 9 p.m. (ET) on PBS (check local listings). 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. ā€œEveryone needs to understand the complex history of money and our relationship to it,ā€ he says. ā€œBy learning how societies have continually created and survived financial crises, we can find solid solutions to today’s worldwide economic emergency.ā€ As he traverses historic financial hot spots around the world, Ferguson illuminates fundamental economic concepts and speaks with leading experts in the financial world.

Source: www.PBS.org

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