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The History of Paper Money - III: Barebones Economy - Extra History
🕑 Added 2016-10-14 09:53:07 +0000 UTC Nicholas Barbon is here to help England recover from disaster... and make obscene amounts of money. Who says you can't do both?
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chamillitary
>pic related, my face after discovering glory of non-YouTube extra credits comment section
Nessf
It's at least possible!
Extra History
So... it was Barbon?
Nessf
It wouldn't surprise me to find out that Mr Barbon was Mr. Blunt's childhood hero. He died less than 20 years before the whole south sea bubble - long enough for Mr Blunt to have read and understood what Mr Barbon was talking about. And boy oh boy do Mr Blunt's plans strike me as the dealings of a man who understands that money is a sort of shared dream, not just gold or silver in a vault somewhere.
Extra History
Glad you enjoyed it!
Extra History
Barbon: what Walpole would like if Walpole were inestimably fabulous.
Extra History
I mean, he was certainly behind it all, just as he's behind literally everything that has ever happened in the course of human history. So technically correct.
Dani McKenzie
Another great episode.
Marcus Berg
Barbon a.k.a. Walpole the 2nd, Walpole II, or Walpole and the Chamber of Secrets
Michael Waisfeld
I'm still saying it was Walpole. It's always Walpole.
Jonathan Luoto
It's always Walpole.
Extra History
Oh, just you wait till next week. We're going to meet a fellow that James has wanted to talk about ever since the South Sea series... he wasn't directly involved in that, but his hijinks are going to seem miiighty familiar.
Extra History
We've all been basking in that name since James first sent us the script. It is amazing.
Extra History
Yes, sorry about that! When I left I forgot to instruct the team to keep an eye on our Patreon list for new sponsors. :( Thank you for being patient with us about it, though!
Extra History
I'm afraid we do skip over tally sticks, but thank you for posting your article about them!
Extra History
Damnit, Tim! <3 Also mispronunciation is Daniel's schtick. I once called him (an American) out for pronouncing "granary" the British way and he told me it wouldn't be fair if he didn't mispronounce every culture's words equally.
Matt Collins
I really hope this series doesn't skip over the tally sticks. They were a fascinating form of intermediate fiat money that embody one of the foundations of paper money (that it has some value since it's accepted by the gov't for payment of taxes).
Matt Collins
I really hope this series doesn't skip over the tally sticks. They were a fascinating form of intermediate fiat money that embody a lot of what was going on with early currency ... and in the end they actually caught on fire and burned parliament to the ground. An amazing part of the story. Something I wrote a while ago on tally sticks: <a href="http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2012/03/the-secret-history-of-government-debt-tally-sticks-1859854.html" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">http://beforeitsnews.com/alternative/2012/03/the-secret-history-of-government-debt-tally-sticks-1859854.html</a>
Alex Bryson
Can we just take a moment to bask in the glory of that name?
Timothy McLean
Helping England recover from disaster and making a boatload of profit in the bargain? It sounds like Barbon was Walpole's childhood hero.
Timothy McLean
More like mer-CAN'T-alism, amiright? I'll see myself out.
Kathyrne
Isn't it always Walpole???
Zachary Weiss
In "mercantilism" emphasis is on the second syllable: "merCANtilism"
MasterAce
This episodes are so awesome! And it's very nice to learn about how paper money came to be. Oh, hey! My name is in the sponsors list finally!
Adam "Lux-Vertas" Youdontneedtoknowmysurname
ahh that time period in england where puritan names were the thing!
Edward James Lehar
Was it Walpole?
