A 367-year-old Dutch bond still paying interest
Tom Scott · Explainer · 4 min · 2017 · YouTube title: The centuries-old debt that's still paying interest
Why it's here
Shared as a short, interesting explainer on very long-lived financial instruments.
What it covers
Tom Scott visits Yale's archives to look at a 367-year-old bond from a Dutch water authority that is still paying interest. Finance professor Geert Rouwenhorst explains how it works.