ASCENT OF MONEY: A FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD Spring 2014 Books, Videos & Websites Required Reading The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson, Penguis Books, 375 Hudson Street, New York NY 10014, 2008. ISBN: 978-­‐1-­‐59420-­‐192-­‐9 (Hardbound Edition) Optional Reading The Merchant of Venice by William Shakespeare (entire play electronically) http://shakespeare.mit.edu/merchant/full.html Inside Job: The Looting of America’s Savings and Loans by Stephen Pizzo, Mary Pricker and Paul Muolo, McGraw-­‐Hill Publishing Company, New York, 1989. ISBN: 0-­‐07-­‐050530-­‐7 (on-­‐line text) http://archive.org/stream/insidejoblooting00pizzrich/insidejoblooting00pizzrich_
djvu.txt) Capital in the Twenty-­First Century by Thomas Piketty, Belknap Press, New York, 2014. ISBN: 978-­‐0674430006 Course Websites Ascent of Money Course Website: http://financialhistory.wordpress.com User name = ileadoffice User password = ileadaccount ILEAD Document Storage System: https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_B8v35cmcD9LWs1Tko4LXdlVzA&usp=
sharing. Other Websites To Learn All About Bitcoins www.bitcoins.com The World Bank: http://www.worldbank.org 17 May 2014 1 ASCENT OF MONEY: A FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD Spring 2014 Books, Videos & Websites Videos Public Broadcasting System Videos – Ascent of Money – Part 1: From Bullion to Bubbles (56:08) http://video.pbs.org/video/1170821435/ Part 2: Bonds of War (55:36) http://video.pbs.org/video/2246958994/ Part 3: Risky Business (56:04) http://video.pbs.org/video/1173188365/ Part 4: Planet Finance (55:49) http://video.pbs.org/video/1174144492/ Investopedia: Bond Yields http://www.investopedia.com/video/play/bond-­‐yields-­‐current-­‐yield-­‐and-­‐ytm/ The History of the World in 2 Minutes http://marcbrecy.perso.neuf.fr/history.html America Enters World War II (5:00) http://www.history.com/topics/great-­‐depression/videos/america-­‐enters-­‐world-­‐
war-­‐ii?m=528e394da93ae&s=undefined&f=1&free=false You Tube Videos The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson (4:00:15) By Spirit of Revolution http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Xx_5PuLIzc The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World by Niall Ferguson (48:07) By Spirit of Revelaiton http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NZWJ7WPVD_c&list=PLEE12B054D5C92879 Ghost of Scandals Past: A Short History of Financial Scandals (29:04) By GreshamCollege http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dGI90aRK-­‐8 Finance – The History of Financial Markets (44:52) By Kofaeconomics http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jlU0Ncqa3s8 17 May 2014 2 ASCENT OF MONEY: A FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD Spring 2014 Books, Videos & Websites You Tube Videos The Crash of 1929 (52:59) By Alex Chia http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YCGO6o1-­‐7bs Hedge Fund Structure and Fees (6:51) By Khan Academy http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EX1eFeaTiYM John Law and the Mississippi Bubble (9:43) By NFB http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=diEVmQZ1QfM John Law: Dark Prince of Finance (12:39) By Tom Halasz http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7ZEZR3PvZU Fall of Lehman Brothers P1 (9:54) By DarkAngelStarQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPOtQkSiCk8 Inflation Cartoon with Ducks!!! (2:22) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ggxX1hPLbg0 The V.O.C. the Dutch East India Company (5:46) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=93kU50VzKsA Enron Scandal (4:47) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mi2O1bH8pvw The Great Depression (3:37) www.history.com/topics/great-­‐depression FDR: A Voice of Hope (5:00) http://www.history.com/topics/great-­‐depression/videos The New Deal (3:00) http://www.history.com/topics/great-­‐depression/videos/the-­‐new-­‐deal 17 May 2014 3 ASCENT OF MONEY: A FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD Spring 2014 Books, Videos & Websites You Tube Videos The History of Money By Iskandar Hamim The History of Money – Part 1 (9:54) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0IJCGuNtqk#aid=P-­‐9GWE8Y4S8 The History of Money – Part 2 (10:00) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cRCzt0VH18w The History of Money – Part 3 (9:56) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jDzo2efYUt4 The History of Money – Part 4 (8:27) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umCXbNsfito The History of Money – Part 5 (8:29) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AcVipoCIN4U The Crooked E – The Unshredded Truth About Enron (1:21:16) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AiWKPQAWuug Dramatization Enron: Making Money in the Financial World – Stock Market Scandal (54:13) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=187pq3bQFUI Dutch East Indies 1602 – 1949 Part 1 (31:27) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7Z6rZhPcCY Part 2 (32:16) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z6R2KRS5Efw Part 3 (32:30) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXCXCeuW4ew The Victorian Workhouse (5:01) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blyYxpNbgeU Why Work? Welfare addiction in handout hungry UK (3:16) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WgkVSRs8ADM 17 May 2014 4 ASCENT OF MONEY: A FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD Spring 2014 Books, Videos & Websites You Tube Videos Social Security: Just the Facts (3:44) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHAcy4SNVbo 3 Minutes! Put options explained (2:43) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zsjsp_KB02s 3 Minutes! Call options explained (2:43) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wq5Omzdm8zI Interest Rate Swap Explained (3:37) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JIdcips9vPU Your Social Security – 1950’s Social Welfare System (17:39) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-­‐CZkcxwZnM Crisis of Credit Visualized https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx_LWm6_6tA Charles Keating & Lessons of the S&L Crisis https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lHeeiQALnGE&index=16&list=PLslKddv141S3
KjEUTQ96uQX4CrVi9wI6-­‐ The Trillion Dollar Bet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGfXyVtiB1E Buffet on Salomon Brothers https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0R_9L_D2Yk Financial Scandal: The Collapse of the Savings and Loan Industry https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FavemP7GhPs How Politics & Money Destroyed America’s Banking System https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sksdJ8fYO2w Jardine Matheson (6:35) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3dV2QIwn4Ww&list=PL88J8vS7l8ydTYQTXB
e0nnWf4Z4QZEyfu A Look Inside Hedge Funds (10:50) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ksLySMWRwLs 17 May 2014 5 ASCENT OF MONEY: A FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD Spring 2014 Books, Videos & Websites You Tube Videos China: The Road to Sustainable Growth (10:59) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_wTIcYajq9k George Soros on Dollar, China, New World Order (9:31) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqP2pWuPfLI George Soros Exposed! (9:37) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BO8pFBDSLPI London – Flight of the Hedge Funds (4:40) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9-­‐D9-­‐8krglI The Trillion Dollar Bet – Documentary (48:53) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tsZRndV5lIc The Mysterious World Bank: History, Evolution and Future Under Jim Yong Kim https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eK-­‐220W39nQ#t=149 Ponzi Scheme (5:19) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MW5aDmQLqVY History 101 – Teapot Dome Scandal (2:14) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mzzybregmyA How to Spot a Pyramid Scheme (1:30) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p6teekjSp9I A Lesson Learned from Nick Leeson (2:37) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IS4OVlg34SY ABC News – Martha Stewart Indicted (2:44) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CT31I9uCspw How Lehman Brothers Bank Collapsed (2:50) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mOcRqAJFyzI Bernard Madoff $50 Million Ponzi Scheme Scam Scandal (7:17) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K5bzLbIcIxw Fear the Boom and Bust a Hyek vs. Keynes Rap Anthem (7:32) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d0nERTFo-­‐Sk 17 May 2014 6 ASCENT OF MONEY: A FINANCIAL HISTORY OF THE WORLD Spring 2014 Books, Videos & Websites You Tube Videos Fight of the Century: Keynes vs. Hayek Round Two https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GTQnarzmTOc 17 May 2014 7