Ascent of money [videorecording] / Chimericamedia in association with Educational Broadcasting Corporation ; written and presented by Niall Ferguson ; producer, Joanna Potts - Australia : Chimerica Media Ltd., 2008 - 6 videodiscs (DVD) (4 hrs. 47 min) : sd., col. ; 12 cm.

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Ep. 1. Dreams of avarice (47 min.) -- ep. 2. Human bondage (48 min.) -- ep. 3. Blowing bubbles (48 min.) -- ep. 4. Risky business (48 min.) -- ep. 5. Safe as houses (48 min.) -- ep. 6. Chimerica (48 min.)

Executive producer, Simon Berthon ; editor, Matt Platts Mills Executive producer, Simon Berthon ; editor, Matt Platts Mills

This programs reveals everything we need to 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?. Also discover that it was Rothschild as much as Wellington who defeated Napoleon at Waterloo and why it's the adoption of Arab methematics that allowed Renaissance art and architecture to flourish

RM7497.00 (set)


Finance--History
Economic history
Economics--History
Money--History
International finance--History