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1) Soros
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
SOROS follows one of the most influential and controversial figures of our time as he fights against the rising tide of authoritarianism around the world.
Publisher
Giant Interactive
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Award-winning filmmaker Alex Winter's new documentary reveals that proponents of Blockchain are already using the technology to change the world; fighting income inequality, the refugee crisis and world hunger. Narrated by Rosario Dawson.
Publisher
Ouat Media
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A workout on the sun deck, a conga line in the dining hall, a photo shoot with the captain, or a beauty contest for all ages: fun around-the-clock is guaranteed on a cruise, while you float along with your hotel room. The sea-faring holiday fortresses have come into vogue and business is booming. In the towering ship's wake, we are left behind with a hoard of digital memories and a cloud of exhaust fumes on the horizon.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Coal wasn't the only fuel in use during the Industrial Revolution. First, Professor Harreld introduces you to other power sources that were in use at the time (including peat and animal power). Then, he takes you inside the dramatic evolution of the steam engine-a new power source that would have an irrevocable impact on the progression of the world economy.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Investigate two of the most notorious con men who ever lived: Charles Ponzi, after whom the Ponzi scheme is named, and "Match King" Ivar Kreuger, who employed an elaborate variant of Ponzi's swindle. Analyze the three ingredients that most Ponzi schemes share. Above all, learn to identify and be wary of investments that are too good to be true.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
World War I was a global catastrophe that had an important effect on the world economy. First, focus on how the war put an end to free-trade policies and allowed governments to take more direct control of economic affairs. Then, survey the post-war economic world: a period of decline filled with falling production, population loss, enormous debts, and a return to protectionism.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Mining companies were the internet start-ups of the 19th and early 20th centuries, offering a chance to strike it rich - or, more likely, go broke. Focus on the swindling strategy of George Graham Rice, who earned a fortune (and several prison terms) by manipulating mining stock. Discover that Mark Twain and future president Herbert Hoover both had close brushes with shady mining ventures.
9) An Economic History of the World since 1400: Episode 17,British Coal, Coke, and a New Age of Iron
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
During the Industrial Revolution, Western Europe learned to make iron products better, faster, and cheaper than ever before. Travel back to the age of iron and steel and cover everything from new smelting processes and coke fuel to Henry Cort's inventions and the construction of early iron-frame buildings.
10) Crashes and Crises: Lessons from a History of Financial Disasters: Episode 24,China's Shadow Banks
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
China was largely unaffected by the 2007 - 2009 global economic meltdown. But that doesn't mean it's immune to crises. Focus on China's shadow banking, which is the provision of banking services by non-bank institutions. The practice is subject to abuse. In China's case, the widespread use of shadow banking courts trouble that could lead to financial disaster.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Industrialization was not just a helpful force but also a disruptive one. In fact, many scholars believe it led to the breakdown of the working class family structure. Investigate what this meant for families, including the destabilization of wages, the gendering of occupations, the worsening of working conditions, and the rise of our modern ideas of class consciousness.
12) An Economic History of the World since 1400: Episode 23,Speeding Up: Canals, Steamships, Railroads
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Railroads, steamships, telegraphs, telephones-each of these 19th-century innovations helped create the globalized, interconnected world that we currently inhabit in the 21st century. Follow the trajectory of the history of modern transportation and communication (with its emphasis on speed) as it relates to the story of economics.
13) An Economic History of the World since 1400: Episode 29,Middle-Class Catalogs and Mass Consumption
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Welcome to the world of mass consumption, which brought humanity into the modern economy for good. After examining what, exactly, the middle class" is, you'll ponder the economic important of mail-order catalogs, the dawn of department stores in the United States and Europe, and the birth of modern advertising."
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Test Professor Fullenkamp's theory that all rogue traders are the same by studying two infamous insiders: Jerome Kerviel, who cost the French bank Societe Generale more than {dollar}6 billion, and Nick Leeson, whose errant trading bankrupted Baring Brothers. Find out how trading firms are organized, and pinpoint the Achilles heel that allowed both men to go rogue.
15) An Economic History of the World since 1400: Episode 43,Free Trade: Global versus Regional Blocs
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Go back in time to examine the political economy of foreign trade (the relationships between markets and the state). Examine some of the various forms that international trade can take, including unilateralism and multilateralism, and study some of the modern world's most important, influential (and even controversial) trade organizations, including the Arab League and NAFTA.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Selling an investment - whether a winner or loser - can be emotionally difficult. In addition to learning why this is so, grasp the different reasons that selling is often the right decision, and learn some techniques that can help offset emotional influences.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
What did the age of exploration mean to the European economy? Find out as you engage with the voyages of explorers like Columbus and Magellan, the reasons why Asians didn't succeed at discovering a sea route to the West, the new European commercial systems created in the Americas, and much more.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Long-Term Capital Management was a hedge fund with everything going for it: well-heeled investors, a dream team of economists and managers, and banks willing to loan hundreds of millions of dollars with no questions asked. In 1998, it all went terribly wrong in a debacle that threatened to take down Wall Street. Spotlight the basic rules of finance that were ignored by LTCM and its banks.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Thanks to a global shift in fuel consumption, oil has been a weapon in geopolitical disputes for quite some time. Discover how the global economy got to this point and how the developing countries of the Middle East began to play a central role in world economic affairs in the last quarter of the 20th century.
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
Professor Connel Fullenkamp of Duke University guides you through four centuries of economic disasters, from tulip mania in the 1600s to the Great Recession of 2007-2009. Each episode covers a notable incident of financial misfortune or folly and inoculates you against the gullibility, overconfidence, and herd mentality that have lured many to financial ruin.
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