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The Ascent of Money

2008 · 1 season

A brisk, lecture-like tour through financial history that makes abstract economics feel like a story of booms, busts and human folly.

Genres
Documentary
Starring
Niall Ferguson
Overview
Historian Niall Ferguson tells the story of money and the rise of global finance. Bringing context and understanding to the current economic crisis, he reveals how the history of finance has been punctuated by gut-wrenching crashes.

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Genres
Documentary
Starring
Niall Ferguson
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Tone
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • satiricalstrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • power
  • greed
  • corruption
  • class
  • politics
Places
  • big city
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • serialised
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language none
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror0
Humour2
Realism9
Romance0
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity7
Emotional weight4

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Details

Genres
documentary
Starring
Niall Ferguson
Length
1 seasons, 6 episodes, 49 min each
Network
Channel 4
Languages
English

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