Money Madness

Synopsis: In today’s markets, billions of dollars go around the world in a frenzy of gambling and speculation. Some of the funds dealing with the buying and selling of risk are so complicated and volatile that rocket scientists have been brought in to help operate them. Many banks and hedge funds make their fortunes gambling in the derivatives (futures) markets but many lose out. This programme reports from Wall Street on how the explosion of speculation is threatening the collapse of the world’s markets with governments, investors and mortgage payers left as helpless bystanders.
Series: Assignment, Series
Language: English
Country: Great Britain
Medium: Video; Videocassette. VHS. col. 45 min.
Year of production: 1994
Availability: OUT OF DISTRIBUTION; 1995 sale: £55.00 (inclusive)
Notes: Broadcast on BBC2 on 17 December 1994.
Documentation: Transcript available separately.
Subjects: Economics
Keywords: financial management; financial markets

Producer

Stuart Goodman

Contributor

Keith Bowers

Cast

Paul Barry

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Notes: The BBC Active company has now been absorbed within BBC Learning, a division of BBC Studios. It was originally a joint venture between BBC Worldwide and Pearson Education. Formerly known as ‘BBC Worldwide Learning Studies’ and before that as ‘Videos for Education & Training’

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