Five 25-minute lessons
Produced 2001
School use rights: 1 year
Grades 7-12 / Social Studies, Economics
(closed captions)
Teachers Guide (available online)
8/10 SS
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From the financial centers of London to the wireless capital of the world in Helsinki, and from Silicon Valley to Wall Street, Electric Money explores how the digital revolution has completely transformed virtually every sort of financial activity over the last 50 years. Students see firsthand how information technology is both democratizing and globalizing the world of investment. Traveling back to the 1950s, series host Bob Cringely tells the story of the invention of the credit card and how it evolved into the trillion-dollar-a-year business it is today.
1. Evolution of Money
2. How Credit Cards Work
3. Banks in the 20th and 21st Centuries
4. Trading Risk: Markets for Futures and Options
5. The Electronic Revolution in Financial Markets
Block Feeds 12/11 & 12/12; 3/23 & 3/24
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