Seasons & Episodes
EP 1
Dreams of avarice
From Shylock's pound of flesh to the loan sharks of Glasgow, from the 'promises to pay' on Babylonian clay tablets to th
EP 2
Human Bondage
How did finance become the realm of the masters of the universe? Through the rise of the bond market in Renaissance Ital
EP 3
Blowing Bubbles
Why do stock markets produce bubbles and busts? Professor Ferguson goes back to the origins of the joint stock company i
EP 4
Risky Business
Life is a risky business – which is why people take out insurance. But faced with an unexpected disaster, the state ha
EP 5
Safe as Houses
It sounded so simple: give state-owned assets to the people. After all, what better foundation for a property-owning dem
EP 6
Chimerica
Since the 1990s, once risky markets in Asia, Latin America and eastern Europe have become better investments than the UK
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