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A Brief History of Finance

A podcast that examines some of the most interesting developments, deals and crashes in financial history. We will use these to try to create new insights into finance and human nature. What's past is prologue.
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Mar 31, 2017

In part 1 of this multi-part series we will be discussing hyperinflation in post-WW1 Germany. This episode covers WW1, the gold standard and the punitive measures of the Treaty of Versailles.

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Main Sources:

Ahamed, Liaquat Lords of Finance: The Banker's Who Broke The World

Fergusson, Adam When Money Dies

Taylor, Frederick The Downfall of Money: Germany's Hyperinflation and the Destruction of the Middle Class

Shirer, William The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich

 

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