Electric Money explores how the digital revolution has completely transformed virtually every sort of financial activity over the last 50 years. Traveling back to the 1950s, series host Bob Cringely tells the story of the credit card and how it evolved into the huge business it is today. This series also examines how information technology has vastly expanded futures, options and stock trading. From the trading pot of Chicago to NASDAQ to the New York Stock Exchange, students will see first-hand how information technology is democratizing and globalizing the world of investment.

Individual Program Titles: Evolution of Money; How Credit Cards Work; Banks in the 20th & 21st Centuries; Trading Risk: Markets for Futures and Options; The Electronic Revolution in Financial Markets

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