had it not been for the creation of the stock market and the funding it provided, there would be few large commercial buildings, no aviation and no automotive industry or roads; no extraordinary improvement in medicine and healthcare; few if any of the small daily luxuries that we take for granted (toothpaste, toilet roll, running water, inexpensive clothing, newspapers, televisions); no film and entertainment industry; and no opportunity to assemble a meal comprising ingredients from every corner of the earth from your local supermarket (Italian olive oil, Argentinian wine, Scottish steak –
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