A fabulous debt the epic story of how bonds built the modern world

"In A Fabulous Debt, Robin Wigglesworth-The Financial Times' Global Finance Correspondent, and author of the acclaimed Trillions-offers a sweeping, affectionate history of the bond market. From the dyke-builders of 17th-century Holland to the trillion-dollar portfolios of BlackRock, this is a people...

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Main Author: Wigglesworth, Robin (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Portfolio / Penguin, [2026]
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Table of Contents:
  • The merchants of Venice
  • The bog of Europe
  • The credit of England
  • A national blessing
  • From Poyais with love
  • Cooke's crisis
  • The language of credit
  • Public credit immortal
  • The monstrous monkey house
  • The outsider
  • The shepherd
  • Scenius
  • Weapons of math destruction
  • The new bond kings
  • Repo men
  • The pisaster
  • Through the looking glass
  • To infinity and beyond
  • How much is too much?.