French Bond Risk Hits Euro-Crisis Levels [video](youtube.com)
8 points by thelastgallon | 2 comments
A YouTube video reporting that the risk premium on French government bonds has risen to levels last seen during the euro-area debt crisis.
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Venice’s failed war against Constantinople led to the first bond market(bigthink.com)
143 points by RickJWagner | 40 comments
Big Think article by Robin Wigglesworth on how a failed 12th-century Venetian crusade against Constantinople led Venice to create the world's first bond market.