Introducing: The Story of Money | FT #shorts

So they say that money runs the world, >> but the story of money itself, well, that's where things get really interesting. >> From wildcap banks on the American frontier, >> it was about as difficult to become a banker as it was to become a brick layer. Many people viewed them as conmen to ancient rulers wiping out debts thousands of years ago.>> When a king came to the throne, and Hamarabi did this himself, one of the very first things he did was to cancel everyone's debts. Lenders really did, you know, br ...