Deutsche Marken and so on. So that's a cultural perspective on finance that was helpful enough to bring down the Bank of England. That's a great story. Regardless, I should do an episode on this show just on that. You're talking about... He's getting Robert in. I mean, he's... That would be great. Well, that's a great story. You're talking about when Quantum Fund, when George Soros essentially, he gained notoriety as the man who broke the Bank of England because he shorted the British pound during the period of ERM when the UK was sort of moving towards entering the Euro and that was an incredible story. Right. So basically, they bet on the Germans wouldn't give the British the flexibility to devalue the pound because they were pissed at the British and so they bet on a cultural feel rather than an analytical... And on George Soros' back pain. Exactly. Notoriously always gets back pain. His son's... I don't know if you mentioned that in your book. I don't remember seeing that, but his (47/57)
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