The British Museum required a series of films to engage 11-16 year olds in practical money skills.
Poet and mathematician Harry Baker explores the ins and outs of economics and asks the all-important question: what actually is money? This video was produced as part of the British Museum's Citi Money Gallery education programme. https://goo.gl/6xSdGo Supported by Citi
To engage the young audience we took Harry Baker, a slam poet champion on a journey of discovery to see how much he really new about money, saving, debt and the economy.
Credit and debt are at the heart of our relationship with money, but is debt always a bad thing? What is a credit score? Harry Baker tries to find out more about the dangers - and rewards - of credit and debt. This video was produced as part of the British Museum's Citi Money Gallery education programme.
In this episode, Harry becomes a billionaire, looks at the importance of savings, and discovers the difference that interest can make - both in our everyday lives and the economy as a whole. This video was produced as part of the British Museum's Citi Money Gallery education programme.
So far in this series there's been a lot of talk about money, but what is the economy and how does it affect us? Harry talks to economist Philip Booth and looks to history to answer these questions. This video was produced as part of the British Museum's Citi Money Gallery education programme.