{"product_id":"a-fabulous-debt-the-epic-story-of-how-bonds-built-the-modern-world-9780593719183","title":"A Fabulous Debt: The Epic Story of How Bonds Built the Modern World by Wigglesworth, Robin","description":"\u003cb\u003eFrom veteran \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e journalist Robin Wigglesworth, an epic history of the debt that built the modern world.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLong considered the \"boring\" corner of finance, bonds are anything but. They have funded everything from the Crusades to climate tech, Netflix series to AI data centers. They are now bigger than the stock market and rival even the global banking system in influence. They are also misunderstood--treated as mere debt, when in fact their form, function, and impact are radically different. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Fabulous Debt\u003c\/i\u003e, Robin Wigglesworth--\u003ci\u003eThe Financial Times\u003c\/i\u003e' Global Finance Correspondent, and author of the acclaimed Trillions--offers a sweeping, affectionate history of the bond market. From the dyke-builders of 17th-century Holland to the trillion-dollar portfolios of BlackRock, this is a people's history of finance: rich in drama, full of colorful characters, and bursting with insight. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith clarity and wit, Wigglesworth takes readers from medieval Venice to modern Wall Street, tracing how bonds evolved from obscure financial instruments into the invisible architecture of the modern world. Along the way, we meet warlords and water boards, merchant princes and mathematicians, financiers and fraudsters--all of whom helped build the most powerful machine in global finance. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis isn't just a book about the past. It's a guide to the present and future of the financial system--and a love letter to the engine that keeps it running.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Robin Wigglesworth\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Portfolio\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/29\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.36lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.21h x 6.31w x 1.44d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780593719183\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 07\/13\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRobin Wigglesworth is the editor of the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e' finance blog \u003ci\u003eAlphaville\u003c\/i\u003e. He focuses on the biggest trends reshaping markets, investing, finance\u003cb\u003e, \u003c\/b\u003e and economics across the world, writing longer-form features, analyses, profiles, and columns. Before joining the \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e in 2008 he worked at \u003ci\u003eBloomberg News\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Portfolio","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67715171516569,"sku":"9780593719183","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0572\/3367\/0297\/files\/9780593719183.jpg?v=1792099179","url":"https:\/\/bookmarksretail.store\/products\/a-fabulous-debt-the-epic-story-of-how-bonds-built-the-modern-world-9780593719183","provider":"Bookmarks Retail","version":"1.0","type":"link"}