Imperial Finance: A History of Empires
The History of Empires.
Marcus Aurelius said “Look back over the past, with its changing empires that rose and fell, and you can foresee the future, too.” This course offers in-depth case studies of how political chaos and uprisings impact investors, how empires are financed, the investment opportunities they create, and much more.
Case Studies: Financial Innovations & Empires
Internationally renowned economic historian Niall Ferguson reveals how empires do not follow the typical rise-fall pattern that others suggest. He demonstrates that empires are often born out of financial innovation.
Learn How Political Chaos Impact Investors
Focusing on revolutions in Russia & China, Bloomberg Executive Editor Tracy Alloway explains how political chaos impacts investors. Tracy shows how even 100 year old Imperial bonds can still influence geopolitics today.
Jamie Catherwood
Also known as "The Finance History Guy", Jamie has a deep passion for studying the past.
He has been invited to provide historical context on BloombergTV, the Bloomberg Odd Lots Podcast, and as a guest lecturer at the Yale School of Management.
His Twitter account is a recommended follow by the Wall Street Journal for financial history, and 10,000+ subscribers receive his Investor Amnesia newsletter every week.
Curriculum
- The Dollar Empire: Pandemics, Inflation & Crypto (10:52)
- Rethinking the 'Cycles' of Empire (5:15)
- The Role of Financial Innovations for Empire (8:19)
- British Empire: Finances, Debts & World Wars (5:47)
- The Trajectory of America's Empire: China, Cold Wars & Innovation (7:10)
- Jamie & Niall: Q&A Discussion (10:40)
- Cycles of Empire or Paradigm Shifts (PDF)
- Building & The Production Question (11:48)
- Empires New & Old: Andrew Carnegie & 'Modern' Corporations (9:38)
- Whig History, ESG & The March of Progress (8:20)
- Railroad Empires, Manifest Destiny & Government Intervention (9:07)
- Fighting Empires: The Golden Age of Piracy (11:44)
- Empires, Pirates & Anti-Trust (13:15)
- 19th Century Finance & Imperial Politics: Britain (11:46)
- 19th Century Finance & Imperial Politics: Germany & France (9:10)
- Market Structure & The Gold Standard (4:49)
- The Politics of Listing (9:19)
- Imperial Financing: The Balkans, Listings & WWI (6:35)
- The Material Infrastructures of Finance (10:40)
- The Financial Infrastructure of Empires (PDF)
Taught By Legendary Investors, Bestselling Authors & World Class Professors
Marc Andreessen
Founder, AndreessenHorowitz
Niall Ferguson
Renowned Historian & Author
Tracy Alloway
Executive Editor, Bloomberg
Michael Green
Chief Strategist, Simplify
Daniel Edwards
PHD, Financing the Crusades
Dr. Christopher Dillon
Professor, King's College London
Dr. John Handel
Post-Doc Fellow, University of Virginia
Kim Oosterlinck
Professor, Université libre de Bruxelles
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