The History of Paper Money - III: Barebones Economy - Extra History
Added 2016-10-14 09:53:07 +0000 UTCNicholas 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
2016-10-28 02:52:21 +0000 UTCIt's at least possible!
Nessf
2016-10-18 18:13:04 +0000 UTCSo... it was Barbon?
Extra History
2016-10-18 05:12:06 +0000 UTCIt 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.
Nessf
2016-10-17 19:23:56 +0000 UTCGlad you enjoyed it!
Extra History
2016-10-16 21:59:06 +0000 UTCBarbon: what Walpole would like if Walpole were inestimably fabulous.
Extra History
2016-10-16 21:59:00 +0000 UTCI 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.
Extra History
2016-10-16 21:58:16 +0000 UTCAnother great episode.
Dani McKenzie
2016-10-15 18:06:28 +0000 UTCBarbon a.k.a. Walpole the 2nd, Walpole II, or Walpole and the Chamber of Secrets
Marcus Berg
2016-10-15 11:52:00 +0000 UTCI'm still saying it was Walpole. It's always Walpole.
Michael Waisfeld
2016-10-15 11:30:58 +0000 UTCIt's always Walpole.
Jonathan Luoto
2016-10-14 19:12:41 +0000 UTCOh, 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
2016-10-14 17:43:31 +0000 UTCWe've all been basking in that name since James first sent us the script. It is amazing.
Extra History
2016-10-14 17:41:13 +0000 UTCYes, 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
2016-10-14 17:39:53 +0000 UTCI'm afraid we do skip over tally sticks, but thank you for posting your article about them!
Extra History
2016-10-14 17:39:07 +0000 UTCDamnit, 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.
Extra History
2016-10-14 17:35:53 +0000 UTCI 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
2016-10-14 17:15:43 +0000 UTCI 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>
Matt Collins
2016-10-14 17:15:43 +0000 UTCCan we just take a moment to bask in the glory of that name?
Alex Bryson
2016-10-14 16:29:41 +0000 UTCHelping England recover from disaster and making a boatload of profit in the bargain? It sounds like Barbon was Walpole's childhood hero.
Timothy McLean
2016-10-14 13:03:55 +0000 UTCMore like mer-CAN'T-alism, amiright? I'll see myself out.
Timothy McLean
2016-10-14 13:02:10 +0000 UTCIsn't it always Walpole???
Kathyrne
2016-10-14 12:40:20 +0000 UTCIn "mercantilism" emphasis is on the second syllable: "merCANtilism"
Zachary Weiss
2016-10-14 12:14:58 +0000 UTCThis 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!
MasterAce
2016-10-14 11:18:16 +0000 UTCahh that time period in england where puritan names were the thing!
Adam "Lux-Vertas" Youdontneedtoknowmysurname
2016-10-14 10:12:29 +0000 UTCWas it Walpole?
Edward James Lehar
2016-10-14 10:07:38 +0000 UTC
