France

“Was the largest industrial bankruptcy bankruptcy in France, in French history at the time. And the public authorities in France are anxious to rid themselves of a business that was losing them a hundred million francs a month.”

“It was at this point that JS Morgan and company stepped forward and agreed to underwrite the loan. And so there's a bunch more detail about what happens. I'm just going to get to the punchline. Junius made a fortune from this unanticipated windfall. It estimat…”

“In 1938 and 19 39, one exported courtier dress would pay for 10 tons of imported coal, and a liter of exported perfume would pay for two tons of imported gasoline.”

“So he was able to reopen, ah, his fashion house in September, 1940. And he was just one of 60 firms that the Germans allowed to function.”

“His great-great-grandfather was one of the first people in France to ever import bat guano, which is just bat shit. He's, his great-great-grandfather, I think, in 1832, is, was the first person in France to import bat shit from Chile and use it as fertilizer i…”

“They built road signs across France. The job of the government was done by a private company. They built all these road signs, thousands of them for free. Why? Because better signs meant longer trips, more driving, more wear on those, on the tires and therefor…”