Season 1 poster

Season 1

(2008)

Cast

Niall Ferguson as Himself - Presenter
Niall Ferguson

as Himself - Presenter

Episodes

Dreams of avarice poster

Dreams of avarice 0.0

November 17, 2008

From Shylock's pound of flesh to the loan sharks of Glasgow, from the 'promises to pay' on Babylonian clay tablets to t…

Human Bondage poster

Human Bondage 0.0

November 24, 2008

How did finance become the realm of the masters of the universe? Through the rise of the bond market in Renaissance Ita…

Blowing Bubbles poster

Blowing Bubbles 0.0

December 1, 2008

Why do stock markets produce bubbles and busts? Professor Ferguson goes back to the origins of the joint stock company …

Risky Business poster

Risky Business 0.0

December 8, 2008

Life is a risky business – which is why people take out insurance. But faced with an unexpected disaster, the state has…

Safe as Houses poster

Safe as Houses 0.0

December 15, 2008

It sounded so simple: give state-owned assets to the people. After all, what better foundation for a property-owning de…

Chimerica poster

Chimerica 0.0

December 22, 2008

Since the 1990s, once risky markets in Asia, Latin America and eastern Europe have become better investments than the U…