A coffee table book for economists

Origins of Value author William Goetzman, Professor of Finance at Yale University, was interviewed on
Marketplace earlier this month. Goetzman describes his work as “financial archaeology” and tells the story of his favorite find: a bond issued in 1648 for the reconstruction of a canal near Utrecht. Purchased by Goetzman’s co-author, K. Geert Rouwenhorst for the Yale University Rare Book collection, the bond still collects interest payments.