Safe as houses
Subtitle: real estate values and mortgage trading
By: written and presented by Niall Ferguson ; producer, Joanna Potts ; Chimerica Media in association with Educational Broadcasting Corporation for Channel 4.
Contributors: Danon, Orly; Aukema, Dewald; Severin, Steven; Chimerica Media; Educational Broadcasting Corporation; Channel Four (Great Britain); Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm)
Series: Ascent of money: a financial history of the world; FIN 310 (NU course); FIN 440 (NU course); FIN 451 (NU course); FIN 501 (NU course); FIN 652 (NU course); MGT 430 (NU course); MGT 630 (NU course)
Publisher: Films for the Humanities & Sciences
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Hamilton, NJ
Language: eng
Format: [videorecording] :
Number of pages: 49
Subjects: Mortgage-backed securities; History; Real estate investment; Home ownership; Real estate business; Finance; Financial institutions; Financial crises; Subprime mortgage loans; Microfinance; International finance
Other titles: Real estate values and mortgage trading
Description: "Contrary to widespread perception, real estate is no different than any other financial asset-its value can plunge. This program examines the volatility of property investment and the ramifications of buying and selling bulk mortgages and mortgage-backed securities. Beginning with an example from British history, scholar Niall Ferguson discusses the fate of the 2nd Duke of Buckingham, whose vast holdings were bound up in a severe 19th-century property-values crash. Refocusing on Detroit, Memphis, and other American locales, Ferguson draws links between corporate myopia, banking scandals, and the vision of an "ownership society." Microfinance in the developing world is also explored."--Container.
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Editor, Orly Danon ; director of photography, Dewald Aukema ; composer, Steven Severin.

Presenter: Niall Ferguson.

DVD-R.

Closed-captioned.