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In the 17th century, the Dutch invented perpetual bonds. Some are still yielding returns today.

After a crusade left Venice drowning in debt, the republic created the world's first bond market and, with it, a new way for governments to fund themselves.

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Robin Wigglesworth, author of index-fund history “Trillions,” is back with a thousand-year look at bonds in “A Fabulous Debt.”

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From veteran Financial Times journalist Robin Wigglesworth, an epic history of the debt that built the modern world. Long considered the "boring" corner of finance, bonds are anything but. They have ...

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“The bond market is often seen as the boring sibling to the stock market,” said Robin Wigglesworth. “I think that's completely wrong. It is the bedrock to the entire financial system.”

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Episode 3049: Robin Wigglesworth on How Bonds Built the Modern World

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