The Ascent of Money

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Series 1 Episode 6 Chimerica (49 mins)

8PM Monday 22 Dec 2008 Channel 4

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    Series 1 Episode 6 Chimerica (49 mins)

    First Broadcast: 8PM Monday 22 Dec 2008 Channel 4

    Since the 1990s, once risky markets in Asia, Latin America and eastern Europe have become better investments than the UK or US stock market.

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    Series 1 Episode 5 Safe as Houses (49 mins)

    First Broadcast: 8PM Monday 15 Dec 2008 Channel 4

    It sounded so simple: give state-owned assets to the people. After all, what better foundation for a property-owning democracy than a campaign of privatisation encompassing housing?

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    Series 1 Episode 4 Risky Business (49 mins)

    First Broadcast: 8PM Monday 08 Dec 2008 Channel 4

    Life is a risky business - which is why people take out insurance. But, confronted with an unexpected disaster, the state always has to step in.

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    Series 1 Episode 3 Blowing Bubbles (49 mins)

    First Broadcast: 8PM Monday 01 Dec 2008 Channel 4

    Why do stock markets produce bubbles and busts?

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    Series 1 Episode 2 Human Bondage (49 mins)

    First Broadcast: 8PM Monday 24 Nov 2008 Channel 4

    How did finance become the realm of the so-called masters of the universe? Through the rise of the bond market in Renaissance Italy.

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    Series 1 Episode 1 Dreams of Avarice (48 mins)

    First Broadcast: 8PM Monday 17 Nov 2008 Channel 4

    From Shylock's pound of flesh to the loan sharks of Glasgow, from the 'promises to pay' on Babylonian clay tablets to the Medici banking system, Professor Niall Ferguson explains the…

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