Money

Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the power of Money. In the Bible the Old Testament and the New Testament appear to agree about the power of money: Ecclesiastes says “Money answereth all things” and Timothy says “The love of money is the root of all evil”. It is a theme that seems to echo down the centuries with seemingly everyone from Karl Marx to the cast of Cabaret crying out “Money makes the world go around”. But are economic factors really the invisible hand behind all historical events? Can everything in the end be brought down to the influence of money? With Niall Ferguson, Professor of Political and Financial History at the University of Oxford; Richard J Evans, Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge; Jane Humphries, reader in Economic History at Oxford University.

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Guests

• Niall Ferguson 3 episodes
  Professor of Political and Financial History at the University of Oxford
• Richard J Evans 3 episodes
  Professor of Modern History at the University of Cambridge
• Jane Humphries 2 episodes
  Reader in Economic History at Oxford University

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Programme ID: p00547ch

Episode page: bbc.co.uk/programmes/p00547ch

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