Understanding the technological transformations shaping our time.
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Long-form analysis placing technological change in its historical, practical and societal context.
Series: The Origins of Money
Episode 1
From barter to the first Italian banks, trace the forgotten foundations upon which our entire modern financial system rests. Why money is not a natural object, but a social technology born out of a single necessity: trust.
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Series: The Origins of Money
Episode 2
How did money take control of the world? From the creation of the first stock exchanges to the empires of the Rothschilds and Morgans, discover how the 19th century invented financial capitalism to build railways, transform cities, and globalize the economy,while paving the way for devastating crises with no safety net.
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