Each question should be answered in a five-paragraph essay.
1. According to Niall Ferguson’s Ascent of Money, how did innovations
in banking and finance become an increasingly important factor of
state power?
2. According to Ascent of Money, how does insurance work?
3. According to Ascent of Money, how does a joint-stock company
finance its operations?
4. According to Ascent of Money, what were the causes and
consequences of the 2008 financial crisis?
5. According to Inside Job, what were the causes of the 2008 financial
crisis? Why was it a worldwide crisis?
