The Ascent Of Money: Series 1 The series charts the financial history of the world, highlighting the effect that finance had on some of the biggest events in history.
Bonds of War
In the second episode of the four-hour series The Ascent Of Money
,economist and historian Niall Ferguson explores John Law and his Louisiana territory Ponzi scheme that wrecked the economy of 18th Century France; and the innovations that let bond markets support warfare in Europe.
Bonds of War
In the second episode of the four-hour series The Ascent Of Money
,economist and historian Niall Ferguson explores John Law and his Louisiana territory Ponzi scheme that wrecked the economy of 18th Century France; and the innovations that let bond markets support warfare in Europe.
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