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The origin of finance is narrated as merchants turning gold receipts into transferable contracts, then lending receipts instead of gold and thereby multiplying claims on the same underlying gold.
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Receipts
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A transcript-matched topic anchored by excerpts such as "...time that you want it. And that's what we call a receipt."
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A bank run exposes the fragility of multiplying receipts beyond the actual gold reserve.
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"...time that you want it. And that's what we call a receipt."
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"...I'm going to give you gold. Right? So I take the receipt and I give it to you. Right? And why do we do..."
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"...It's inconvenient for you. So why don't I give you a receipt, a contract instead? Does that make sense? Because all I need is..."
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"...gold, right? There's about $10 million of gold out there in receipts. What's the problem with that? The problem is that if everyone wants..."
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"in gold contracts, but I only have $10 million in gold, only if $15 million wants the gold back, then I'm screwed. This is..."
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The first Secret History class starts with Kant and ends with alchemy.
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