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Subjects: Anthropology, Business Studies, Economics, Finance, History, International Relations, International Trade

Grade Level: SrH-Adult
Producer: BBC
Closed Captioned: No		 Running Time: 50 mins
Country of Origin: Great Britain
Study Guide: No
Copyright Date: 2008
Available in French: No

From Shylock's pound of flesh to the loan sharks of Glasgow, from the ‘promises to pay' on Babylonian clay tablets to the Medici banking system, Professor Ferguson explains the origins of credit and debt and why credit networks are indispensable to any civilisation.

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