The Ascent of Money

TV Show

Niall Ferguson describes the history of global finance and charts the epoch-making events of the capitalist system through the centuries, seeking lessons for the present crisis.

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Latest Episodes

  • Season 1 Episode 6: Chimerica

    Niall Ferguson investigates the globalisation of the Western economy and the uncertain balance between the important component countries of China and America. In examining the last time globalisation took hold - before World War One, he finds a notable reversal, namely that today money is pouring into the English-speaking economy from the developing world, rather than out. Last in the series

  • Season 1 Episode 5: Safe As Houses

    With bricks and mortar the favourite form of investment across the English-speaking world, Niall Ferguson examines the role of the property-owning masses in the global economy. He explores how the sub-prime mortgage crisis that began in 2007 heralded the current downturn, when for the first time in years the price of property began to fall and lenders realised their security was a house of cards

  • Season 1 Episode 4: Risky Business

    Niall Ferguson visits New Orleans to explore how insurance can be inadequate cover for catastrophes such as Hurricane Katrina, looking at what happens when the state is forced to step in. He examines the development of the welfare system in post-war Japan and studies Chilean reforms in the 1970s and 1980s, before assessing the role of hedge funds as reliable protection against an uncertain future

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