History of banking
The history of banking began with the first prototype banks, that is, the merchants of the world, who gave grain loans to farmers and traders who carried goods between cities. This was around 2000 BCE in Assyria, India and Sumeria.
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The Gold Standard
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the age of gold, from 1870, when many nations tied their currencies to gold in the hope of economic stability and increasing trade around the world
20 January 2022
Featuring: Catherine Schenk, Helen Paul, Matthias Morys
The South Sea Bubble
Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the South Sea Bubble, the speculation mania in early 18th-century England which ended in the financial ruin of many of its investors.
20 December 2012
Featuring: Anne Murphy, Helen Paul, Roey Sweet