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Podcast: A Long Time In Finance
Episode: Long Time Short: The Golden Inheritance of Max-Hervé George
Description: Introducing a new six part series - "Long Time Shorts", in which we serve up quick hits of financial history every Friday, Monday and Wednesday for the next two weeks. In this first episode, Neil and Jonathan look at the story of French thirty-something Max-Hervé George, whose father bought him a magical insurance policy; how this gave him the gift of 20-20 hindsight, and the agony it caused the insurance company that sold it.Presented by Jonathan Ford and Neil Collins.Produced and edited by Nick Hilton for Podot.In partnership with Br...