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PodcastThe Long ViewSeptember 29, 2026

Robin Wigglesworth: Why Bonds Are Behind Every Financial Boom and Bust

Morningstar hosts Robin Wigglesworth, author of A Fabulous Debt, on the 1,000-year history of the bond market, from Venetian prestiti and Dutch waterworks to railway bubbles, junk bonds, securitization, and today's chronic US debt concerns.

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