The Ascent of Money: The Financial History of the World |  | Director: Adrian Pennink
Actor: Niall Ferguson
Studio: PBS Home Video
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Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 5104
Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
Language: English (Original Language)
Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Number Of Discs: 1
Running Time: 240 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6
MPN: 600
UPC: 841887010948
EAN: 0841887010948
ASIN: B002DKGWXO
Theatrical Release Date: 2008
Release Date: September 1, 2009
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Studio: Pbs Release Date: 09/01/2009 Run time: 240 minutes
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 Facing Vital Challenges Through an Entertaining Journey August 29, 2009
Maurice Blair (Houston, TX United States)
1 out of 2 found this review helpful
The many facets of this documentary weave together a coherent and powerful sense of vital information affecting the present and the future. Whether or not you are deeply involved with studying economic theory, public policy, history, or the future, many key features of these things permeate your life, and this DVD can entertainingly provide a mixture of insights, illustrations, and warnings to consider. Facts play a much larger role than speculation in this documentary, though the speculations seem plausible and add to the value of the overall effect. Scholars may find it productive to ask themselves how much they agree or disagree with the speculations and why... then in future decades revisit the video to compare these details with how things actually unfolded. This DVD's use of moving images that metaphorically relate to narration is often profoundly engaging, too.
 A book to go along with the movie August 27, 2009
J. Williams (Portland, OR USA)
0 out of 13 found this review helpful
Stephen Zarlengas book, "The Lost Science Of Money" might go along with this movie fairly well: [...]
Clear telling of a critical story August 3, 2009
Peter Lorenzi (Maryland, USA)
10 out of 12 found this review helpful
PBS viewers will recognize this offering. Ferguson is charming and persuasive. He makes the story something that even my twelve-year old can understand, without "talking down". He covers the full range of financial dealings around the globe, from Wall Street to microfinance. His case study of Argentina makes a difficult story relatively simple yet not simplistic. He positively critiques Hernando de Soto's approach ot providing title to land to the poor as a means of securing collateral-based loans and shows where small, uncollaterized loans can work even more effectively.
Great as a serious academic yet never boring treatment of "high" and "low" finance. Should be required for most college majors.
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