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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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 13 in all, peaking in Jul 2026 with 5.

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The Story of Money · South Sea Bubble: the shoemaker’s son who sparked Britain’s first financial crisis · 8 Jul 2026 podcast

So there are lots of lessons to be learned, and somebody needs to put those lessons into action. voice-verified

So if this bubble, as you say, kind of represents the birth of modern capitalism, the the marriage of financial capitalism and human nature, uh, we needed somebody to kind of maybe put this new capital markets to better use. voice-verified

Yes, but that is a tale for next week's episode, I think, Jillian. voice-verified

Until then, I'd love to thank you, uh, Tom Levinson, for joining us this week, and I hope you'll be back here next week to help us talk about the cleanup operation after the South Sea bubble. voice-verified

And I'm Robin Wigglesworth. voice-verified

Thanks for listening and we'll see you all here next week. voice-verified

The Story of Money · The 1980s Garfield buyout that changed corporate finance · 1 Jul 2026 podcast

Somebody in government compared them to Genghis Khan at one point, right? voice-verified

Today, on the story of money, we're going to be delving into a story that connects Gordon Gecko with Garfield the Cat. voice-verified

And believe it or not, that link is relevant. voice-verified

But there's something else that links in beyond being born in the 80s. voice-verified

And that's the subject of today's episode. voice-verified

And that is the business deal that launched the private equity industry. voice-verified

And that's where Gordon Gecko comes in, of course, because LBOs were all about boring up to the hilt tons and tons of debt in order to gobble up a stodgy, inefficient company and then beating it into shape or breaking it up and selling it off the for parts, essentially. voice-verified

And obviously it's hugely relevant today because private equity now controls a swath of the corporate world. voice-verified

It's one of the biggest voice-verified

alternative asset classes out there in the world. voice-verified

And that means it's it's still pertinent to ask just how much value this kind of more cutthroat, buccaneering form of capitalism, uh born in the nineteen eighties, actually adds. voice-verified

Robin voice-verified

Okay, so Gillian, I promise we will get to Garfield soon enough. voice-verified

But first of all, uh we have somebody much more important to introduce, and that's our guest today, Hetty O'Brien. voice-verified

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