The Ascent Of Money

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24 points·emontero1··9 comments

I would like to see this, but I am not in US nor UK. Regionalism in copyrights has to stop in global world that it is today.

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http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-545930454338776455

The book of the same name that accompanies the series is well worth reading and is bound by no such regionalism.

http://www.amazon.com/Ascent-Money-Financial-History-World/d...

There's a DVD set coming out.

I'd like to see this also, but I am in Indiana, on dial-up (specifically Brown Co).

Our monopoly providers refuse to offer service in opposition what they have promised Congress.

UK users can see it here: http://www.channel4.com/programmes/the-ascent-of-money/4od#2...

I found Weatherford's "History of Money" to be a much better history of the subject.

Agreed. I thought Ferguson's book would be interesting when I saw it at the bookstore last year, but quickly decided that it wasn't worth it after checking out reviews.

I don't have links to specific reviews I read, but my impression of the author is that he's turned away from research in favour of writing popular and shallow books on overly broad subjects. Apparently a couple of his earlier works were quite well regarded, but since then he's been dumping out a book a year.

I little cheesy for my taste (maybe I've been out of the UK too long...) but a welcome alternative to the financial woo that's been so popular on the Internet lately (particularly that Zeitgeist drivel).

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