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Human Bondage

How did finance become the realm of the masters of the universe? Through the rise of the bond market in Renaissance Italy. With the advent of bonds, war finance was transformed and spread to north-west Europe and across the Atlantic. It was the bond market that made the Rothschilds the richest and most powerful family of the 19th century. And today governments are asking it to bail them out.

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  • Originally Aired November 24, 2008
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Network Channel 4
  • Created December 12, 2013 by
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  • Modified July 22, 2023 by
    kyuhyung78
Name Type Role
Niall Ferguson Writer