Happy 400th birthday to the world's old living bond! 🎂🎉🎊 www.ft.com/content/5122... - ThreadSky

robinwigglesworth.ft.com • 77 days ago

Happy 400th birthday to the world's old living bond! 🎂🎉🎊

https://www.ft.com/content/5122706e-39ca-4bbc-95cc-373188a9b1c9

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kairyssdal.bsky.social•77 days ago

Love this

dd-b.bsky.social•77 days ago

I remember reading your "How bonds ate the entire financial system" article last year and loving it. I was under the impression it was to be a book? May have just mistaken my nerdish excitement. Do you have any recommendations on books/sources regarding the history of bonds?

robinwigglesworth.ft.com•77 days ago

Yep, I'm about 3/4 done with the book. It probably won't be out until second half of 2025 at the earliest though. Is there a particular period or area you're interested in?

dd-b.bsky.social•77 days ago

Given the recent article anything about the early Dutch bonds would be interesting. Anything to tide me over until the release of your book.

clarionwegerif.bsky.social•72 days ago

Perhaps this video about an other bond of Lekdijk Bovendams will do: https://youtube.com/watch?v=cfSIC8jwbQs&si=iAcoX9VcjWgXYLgH

dd-b.bsky.social•71 days ago

Thank you very much!

robinwigglesworth.ft.com•72 days ago

Bookwise I think your best bet is Will Goetzmann's Money Changes Everything, which is fabulous.

dd-b.bsky.social•71 days ago

Will make for some good Christmas reading. Thank you again. I look forward to the release of your book!

dd-b.bsky.social•77 days ago

I absolutely love when stories like this come up

finespokesoflight.bsky.social•77 days ago

Great story! Love that you got a photo of the improvements the proceeds paid for. Now I’m curious what the remedy for default would have been in the 17th/18th century.

andy-pearce.com•77 days ago

I’ll be honest, my immediate reaction was, “that’s a bit harsh on George Lazenby, I think he looks pretty good for 85!”

robinwigglesworth.ft.com•77 days ago

nathanielbullard.com•77 days ago

Hoogheemraadschap Lekdijk Bovendams for the win

johnnicolay.bsky.social•77 days ago

This is a fantastic piece, Robin. I’m glad we can be friends.

robinwigglesworth.ft.com•77 days ago

🤝

hudsonrivercroc.bsky.social•77 days ago

This is such a fantastic story.

mayfaircynic.bsky.social•77 days ago

is it about substandard deliveries of copper?

africanadian.bsky.social•77 days ago

You've got a typo

"...The original bond was signed on December 10, 2024"

Surely 1624?

robinwigglesworth.ft.com•77 days ago

Yep, fixing… 😑

africanadian.bsky.social•77 days ago

I know the feeling. Spellcheck it, proof it, re-read it five times, press publish.

See the f&%£#*g typo three seconds later.

loungeiguana.bsky.social•77 days ago

https://www.reddit.com/r/ReallyShittyCopper/s/yc9usE01Jh

mark-dingman.bsky.social•77 days ago

The Baretta business, a manufacturer of guns, remains a family controlled business since 1526 and 15 generations!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beretta_Holding

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