Robin Wigglesworth
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1,983 appearances
13 recordings
1 series
first heard May 2026
last heard 12 Aug
Robin Wigglesworth’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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Because it's also one of the most poorly understood events in financial history, actually.
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And at its heart, it's not actually about the South Seas at all, really.
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It's all about government debt.
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British government debt specifically.
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And me, Robin Wheelsworth.
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Wonderful to be here.
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Thank you.
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We are going to start our story in 1710.
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So this is Britain, right at the end of the reign of Queen Anne, the last of the Stuart monarchs.
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This is a nation bubbling with change.
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It's the eve of the Industrial Revolution.
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The Age of Enlightenment is on the horizon.
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And although there's no steam engines or powerlooms quite yet, Britain is starting to build.
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Build a naval trading empire.
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showing the the number of countries that the UK has invaded over the centuries.
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Yeah, this is after the glorious revolution, right?
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Where they kind of import a lot of practices from some of the the the Dutch city states and provinces and essentially start issuing bonds by parliament rather than the king himself personally hitting up some goldsmiths for some money.
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Birth of government debt, basically.
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I mean true government debt, rather than some loans or bonds issued by a city state or a nobleman or a king who, let's face it, in some cases could chop your head off if he didn't want to pay you back.
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Around nine million pounds, right?
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