Wednesdays, July 8-29, 9-10 pm ET
Groundbreaking series hosted by Niall Ferguson explores the financial history of the world, the evolution of the global banking system and the roots of the current economic crisis.

Wednesdays, July 8-29, 2009, 9:00 p.m. ET

In this four-part series, Harvard historian Niall Ferguson delves deep into how the complex system of global finance evolved over the centuries, how money has shaped the course of human affairs and how the mechanics of this economic system work to create seemingly unlimited wealth - or catastrophic loss.

Programs stream free online, the day after broadcast, on the PBS Video Portal (http://www.pbs.org/video/).