With US debt at $40 trln and yields near two-decade highs, government bonds are causing economic jitters. On this episode of The Big View, financial journalist Robin Wigglesworth tells Peter Thal Larsen how state borrowing built the modern world – with many bumps along the way.

Robin Wigglesworth: “A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World”

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