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The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World is a 2008 book by then-Harvard professor Niall Ferguson, [1] and an adapted television documentary for Channel 4 (UK) and PBS (US), [2] which in 2009 won an International Emmy Award. It examines the long history of money, credit, and banking.
Ferguson has written and presented numerous television documentary series, including The Ascent of Money, which won an International Emmy Award for Best Documentary in 2009. [10] In 2024, he was knighted by King Charles III for services to literature. [11] Ferguson has been a contributing editor for Bloomberg Television and a columnist for ...
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The Cash Nexus: Money and Power in the Modern World, 1700–2000. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 0-7139-9465-7. OCLC 46459770. — (2003). Empire: How Britain Made the Modern World. London: Allen Lane. ISBN 0-7139-9615-3. — (2003). Empire: The Rise and Demise of the British World Order and the Lessons for Global Power. New York: Basic Books.
The Ascent of Man is a 13-part British documentary television series produced by the BBC and Time-Life Films first broadcast in 1973. It was written and presented by Polish-British mathematician and historian of science Jacob Bronowski , who also authored a book adaptation.
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Money as Debt is a 2006 animated documentary film by Canadian artist [1] and filmmaker Paul Grignon [2] about the monetary systems practised through modern banking. [3] The film presents Grignon's view of the process of money creation by banks and its historical background, and warns of his belief in its subsequent unsustainability.
Nathan Mayer Rothschild (16 September 1777 – 28 July 1836), also known as Baron Nathan Mayer Rothschild, [1] was a British-German banker, businessman and financier.Born in Frankfurt am Main, he was the third of the five sons of Mayer Amschel Rothschild and his wife, Guttle (née Schnapper).