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Electric Money
Money’s transformation by electronic technology
Grade Levels:
8-12
Length:
15-25 minutes
Taping Rights:
School year
MARC Record:
Downloadable
Web Site:
PBS Online

Host Bob Cringely tells the story of the invention of the credit card and how it has evolved into the trillion-dollar-a-year business it is today. Electric Money also examines how information technology expanded futures, options, and stock trading.


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2007/08 Block Feeds on KET ED

Block Feed: Programs 101-105 Program Details
1 hours, 45 minutes
    Wednesday, September 5 at 2:00 pm on KETED
    Thursday, December 20 at 6:00 am on KETED
    Wednesday, February 6 at 2:00 pm on KETED


Episodes Included in These Block Feeds

101. Evolution of Money
The progression of money from gold and silver to paper currency and checks to electronic transfer of bank deposits. (26 minutes)

102. How Credit Cards Work
How companies make money from credit cards. Should we be worried about a few companies controlling the consumer credit market? (20 minutes)

103. Banks in the 20th and 21st Centuries
How modern technology has changed the banking system. (15 minutes)

104. Trading Risk: Markets for Futures and Options
Which commodities are traded on the futures market and why. (18 minutes)

105. The Electronic Revolution in Financial Markets
How does the stock market work? Who gains and loses from technological innovation? (26 minutes)



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