Guest Mark Higgins discusses lessons from financial history, similarities between past and current market environments, challenges of decentralized currencies, complexities in investment portfolios, bubbles and market dynamics, and the evolution of public debt in the US.

Author Mark Higgins discusses the historical roots of US financial development from the panic of 1792 to the rise of Wall Street. He explores the impact of the first Great Depression, the gold standard, and the free silver movement, as well as the vulnerabilities of the banking system and the role of the Federal Reserve in financial crises.