The economy of the United Kingdom is really a tale of two cities, it was the best of times and it was the worst of times, it is an economy with the highest levels of foreign investment per capita in the world and it is an economy with a major poverty crisis. It's an economy that's home to the second-largest financial center in the world and yet its entire economy is smaller than that of California.

In this episode, let's explore why these financial institutions decide to call London home.