The world's bankers and hedge fund managers aren't about to win any popularity contest with the people hardest hit by the global financial crisis. But one financial historian argues that financiers have historically helped to lift people out of poverty. We'll explore whether history holds the answers to the world's current fiscal woes.
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The History and Future of Money
Listen Monday, Nov. 17, 2008 at 1:06 p.m. in Economy, Politics
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Niall Ferguson
Author of "The Ascent of Money: A Financial History of the World" (Penguin Press); Laurence A. Tisch Professor of History, Harvard University, William Ziegler Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School; Senior Research Fellow at Oxford University; and Senior Fellow, Stanford University's Hoover Institution
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