Documentary
The book was adapted into a six(6)-part television documentary with the new full title Ascent of Money: Boom and Bust for Channel 4 in the UK. It also aired on TVB Pearl in Hong Kong and ABC1 in Australia. In the US, an edited two-hour version was aired in January 2009 by PBS.
A newer, reorganized four-hour version with the original full title The Ascent of Money: The Financial History of the World was aired in July 2009 by PBS. Both versions can still be viewed online at the link below.
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