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| [00:02.02] | To get a better idea of how primitive moneylending works, you don't need to travel back in time |
| [00:08.07] | There are plenty of modern-day Shylocks remarkably close to home |
| [00:12.79] | And they don't need to be Jewish to suffer a similar fate to Shylock |
| [00:34.91] | This is Shettleston in the east end of Glasgow |
| [00:38.22] | It's actually where my grandmother used to live |
| [00:40.77] | And I think with its distinctive steel shuttering, it's one of the grimmest places in the whole of western Europe |
| [00:47.70] | In fact, average male life expectancy here is just 64, which is slightly worse than Bangladesh |
| [00:53.55] | That means that the average Shettlestonian doesn't actually live long enough to collect his state pension |
| [00:59.27] | You might think nobody would be mad enough to try and provide financial services here |
| [01:04.62] | But someone does |
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