Send us a text In 1790, revolutionary France thought it had solved its financial crisis by printing a new kind of paper money — the Assignat — backed by confiscated church land. Within five years, it destroyed the French economy, vaporized the middle class, and set the stage for dictatorship. In this episode, Arie Van Gemeren breaks down the world’s first great fiat collapse — how the Assignat began as “secured money” and ended as worthless paper — and what it teaches investors about modern i...
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Send us a text In 1790, revolutionary France thought it had solved its financial crisis by printing a new kind of paper money — the Assignat — backed by confiscated church land. Within five years, it destroyed the French economy, vaporized the middle class, and set the stage for dictatorship. In this episode, Arie Van Gemeren breaks down the world’s first great fiat collapse — how the Assignat began as “secured money” and ended as worthless paper — and what it teaches investors about modern i...
The Sassoon Dynasty: From Baghdad to Bombay - How Refugees Built Asia's Real Estate Empire
The Timeless Investor Show
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The Sassoon Dynasty: From Baghdad to Bombay - How Refugees Built Asia's Real Estate Empire
Send us a text They called him the Rothschild of the East. But while the Rothschilds moved paper, David Sassoon built infrastructure. In 1829, he fled Baghdad with nothing but two saddlebags of gold. By 1860, his family controlled the largest trading house in Asia. By 1940, they owned half of Shanghai. This isn't just another rags-to-riches story. It's a masterclass in turning displacement into dynasty. In this episode, we explore: How a stateless refugee became the unofficial bank of BombayW...
The Timeless Investor Show
Send us a text In 1790, revolutionary France thought it had solved its financial crisis by printing a new kind of paper money — the Assignat — backed by confiscated church land. Within five years, it destroyed the French economy, vaporized the middle class, and set the stage for dictatorship. In this episode, Arie Van Gemeren breaks down the world’s first great fiat collapse — how the Assignat began as “secured money” and ended as worthless paper — and what it teaches investors about modern i...
