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Robin Wigglesworth
@RobinWigg
Editor of @FTAlphaville. Norwegian despite the Harry Potter-esque name. Author of A FABULOUS DEBT and TRILLIONS. Views mine bla bla.
Oslo, Norway Katılım Temmuz 2009
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Unemployment really sucks, exhibit MCXXVII ft.trib.al/Eo7srT0
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New Nasdaq rules offer SpaceX free liquidity ft.trib.al/k9pRhXw
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@RebaseMMT Don’t know exactly when, but Chinese language rights have been sold, so I’m hoping soon afterwards.
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If you’re interested in a sneak preview of my upcoming book A FABULOUS DEBT, we recorded a whole podcast on one of the chapters — the stupendously large 19th railway bond boom, the Panic of 1873 and the fall of Jay Cooke. ft.com/content/88e42b…
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The US Treasury is too poor (and has too few reserves) to bailout -- or even provide a swap to -- the very rich Gulf family oil and investment businesses ...
With @StephenPaduano
ft.com/content/1f93e4…
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Spain either hates short sellers or wants you to get up earlier in the morning ft.trib.al/i1Ync9v
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@leohenkels Plenty of Dutch finance, but not specifically florins. Have tried to avoid going down related but different rabbit holes, like the history of money, or central banks, unless it’s central to the history of bonds.
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Fascinating post on the self-styled “front page of the internet”, which has now hit 120mn daily active users but may need to sell its soul to grow from here. ft.com/content/71d0e5…
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@LourensTouwen They’re mostly there to give context. I focus more on the Dutch renten from that era. But Johan de Witt and his unfortunate end is in there…
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@RobinWigg awesome! I read the original De Witt's Lyfrente booklet in the archive last year for a blogpost on the topic. Looking fwd to your book to get the full picture
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@RobinWigg cool! does "17th century dyke-makers" mean you discuss the life annuities in Holland by any chance?
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@RobinWigg Sigh, if you insist on leveraging how I’ve enjoyed all your FT content! Just pre-ordered. Good luck with it and rooting for you.
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@timpierotti1 I thought of that but was worried that might seem too nakedly grasping. There’s a chapter on Hamilton and the First Report on the Public Credit though!
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@joeljohn Imagine being the author, having to wait this long for your baby to pop out…
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@RobinWigg just pre ordered
now i wait till september to read this??
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@RobinWigg Does it come with caffeine pills? 😂 I just had to! Congrats!!
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