These 300 Year Old Money Laws That Still Decide Who Gets Rich

300 Year Old Money Laws That Still Decide Who Gets Rich Eight people own as much wealth as half the planet. This isn’t coincidence—it’s a system created three hundred years ago. In 1720 in London, a man named John Blunt created a company from thin air. No goods, no profit—just promises of trade with the New World. He bribed parliament with shares, gave loans secured by the same shares, spread rumors of wealth. In six months the price soared eight times. All of London went mad. Even Isaac Newton invested everything and lost twenty thousand pounds. Insiders sold at the peak, the crowd held until the crash. In five months shares dropped ninety percent. The money didn’t disappear—it flowed from many to few. This mechanism repeated in 1929, in 2000, in 2008. History showed: every crisis isn’t a disaster, but a wealth transfer following rules they don’t tell you about. Why has this mechanism worked for three hundred years and how can you protect yourself? – All answers in the new episode! #MoneyExplained #WealthInequality #EconomicHistory #FinanceEducation #MoneyLaws