The Story of Money

A story involving pestilence, defeat and the brutal murder of the leader of Venice on the streets of the city.

The bloody birth of the bond market

What if the level of financial fraud is the real hidden indicator of a healthy economy?

Does history show that fraud is the sign of a healthy economy?

Jakob Fugger accumulated a fortune estimated at $4 trillion in today’s terms

Meet the Fuggers: Europe’s richest family ever

Is money a tool of moral decay or a force for human liberation? 

Why Dante put bankers in hell and James Joyce didn't 

We explore the financial world of Jesus of Nazareth 

He expelled the money changers. So was Jesus anti-capitalist?

FT columnist Gillian Tett and FT Alphaville editor Robin Wigglesworth dig into the ideas, personalities and institutions that have shaped the history of finance. <hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>

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