• Notes from Utopia: the Tropicalist discusses the history of venture capital and finds a surprising link to Furuzonfar Zehni’s ancestors.
• Hosts Jesse and Madhavi discuss:
• the increasing ability to have a global career in finance without being a product of Western institutions
• the historic Sogdian civilization of Central Asia and how it provides a template for Central Asian development today
• Central Asia’s immense strategic importance

Links:

• Eurocentrism and the Origins of Capitalism
• The Sogdians: Influencers on the Silk Road
• The Formation of Modern Turkic “Ethnic” Groups in Central and Inner Asia
• Steppe Nomads in the Eurasian Trade
• The Intricacies of Pre-Modern Asian Connections
• The Jews of Central Asia
• Siena on the Silk Roads: Ambrogio Lorenzetti and the Mongol Global Century, 1250-1350
• The Republic of Genoa and Its Maritime Empire
• The World’s First Modern, Public Bank
• Money Changes Everything: How Finance Made Civilization Possible
• Christopher Columbus and the Bank of St. George
• The Anarchy

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