Robin Wigglesworth

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206 appearances 4 recordings 2 series first heard Apr 2026 last heard 20 Jul

Robin Wigglesworth’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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But the story of money itself, that's where things get really interesting.
How, you might ask?
The story of money from the Financial Times.
And me, Robin Wigglesworth.
You just might lose money in the future.
Hello.
I've always thought that this quote was absolutely true.
But those who do know the past are also doomed to repeat it.
So it wasn't only considered miraculous technology.
It effectively was.
I mean, this was... It was.
Yeah, yeah.
Absolutely amazing the things that changed, right?
So essentially, people issued a third of GDP in debt, the equivalent of that.
How did that all turn out?
Well, it didn't turn out great for all the bondholders.
A terrific example of this, Robin, is the lesser-known bubble of the early 2000s, which was the telecom bubble of the early 2000s.
And people spent an epic amount of money putting fiber-optic cable in the ground.
A lot of companies went bust.
Most people involved got crushed one way or the other.
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