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Financial Times Author Explores Bond Market History in New Book

Robin Wigglesworth, author of "Trillions: How a Band of Wall Street Renegades Invented the Index Fund and Changed Finance Forever," has released a new book, "A Fabulous Debt," which delves into the history of the bond market and the U.S. national debt. Wigglesworth, a correspondent for the Financial Times, uses his new work to explore the complex and often overlooked mechanisms of global finance. His previous book was lauded for its historical depth, and "A Fabulous Debt" promises a similarly engaging narrative, tracing the evolution of bonds from medieval Venice to modern times. AI

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  1. Fortune TIER_1 English(EN) · Nick Lichtenberg ·

    The man who looked into the ‘actual beating heart’ of the financial system—and saw something ‘profoundly dangerous’

    Robin Wigglesworth, author of index-fund history “Trillions,” is back with a thousand-year look at bonds in “A Fabulous Debt.”