Description |
1 streaming video file (49 min.) : sd., col. with b&w sequences. ; 4 1/4 in. |
Series |
Ascent of money: a financial history of the world ; [3] |
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Ascent of money ; 2.
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Performer |
Presenter, Niall Ferguson. |
Credits |
Editor, Hugh Williams ; director of photography, Dewald Aukema ; composer, Steven Severin ; additional music, Jack Ketch. |
Note |
Title from title frames. |
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Originally produced in 2008 by ChimericaMedia in association with Educational Broadcasting Corporation for Channel 4. |
Form |
Published as part of the 6 videodisc (DVD) series. |
Summary |
Why do stock markets produce bubbles, and what makes them burst? In this program, financial scholar Niall Ferguson examines the origins of the joint stock company and the modern share trading system, highlighting some of historys most notorious market meltdowns. Analyzing the herd instinct and its role in economic upswings and downturns, Ferguson draws parallels between the 2001 Enron bankruptcy and the 18th-century Mississippi Bubble perpetrated by Scottish financier John Law, who exercised a nearly monolithic influence over Frances economy and colonial ventures. Ferguson also traces aspects of todays stock exchanges to Dirck Bas Jacobsz and the Dutch East India Company. --from back of container. |
Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Subject |
Documentary films -- United States.
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Stocks, -- History.
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Added Author |
Ferguson, Niall.
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Danon, Orly.
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Potts, Joanna.
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Berthon, Simon.
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Fall, Melanie.
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Pennink, Adrian.
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ChimericaMedia Ltd.
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Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
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Films Media Group.
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Music No. |
40182 Films for the Humanities and Sciences |
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