Banking

Published: Dec. 17, 2016, 9 p.m.

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Warrior monks, crusaders and the mysterious origins of modern banking. You might think banks are so central to every economy that they have always existed. And they have, sort of. But the true story of the origins of modern banking is \\u2013 as Tim Harford explains \\u2013 as surprising and mysterious as the plot of Dan Brown\\u2019s Da Vinci Code.

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