The Ascent of Money Does Not Leave On a High Note
We finished our Niall Ferguson documentary on a financial history of the world
Not to ruin the ending though, but basically the US is screwed, it’ll end up in hyperinflation like Argentina or else in a world war with China, or both! Simultaneously! Or maybe in sequence like Germany during/after WWI. Who knows?!
But Kiva is awesome.
Anyway I highly recommend it. It’s 4 episodes, all on one disk, and Amazon
June 8th, 2010 at 9:41 pm
So it’s New Zealand or Canada? I’m thinking Christchurch is further from “the bits”, when it all explodes.
June 9th, 2010 at 1:24 am
Or Chile! He really has very high praise for Chile. And defends Milton Friedman from advising Pinochet since he thinks that put Chile on the road to democracy, and points out that he stepped down after 10 years (although he doesn’t compare that to any number of lefty dictators who said they would step down but still haven’t).
But yeah I think Christchurch is the best idea overall, eh? looks up property prices
June 9th, 2010 at 7:50 am
He was at my college, you know. “Preen”.