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101: The Global Financial Crisis - The Housing Bubble That Nearly Broke the World (2007–2009)

The Global Financial Crisis is a pivotal moment in modern economic history, one that reshaped the global financial system and left lasting scars on societies around the world. To create a more in-depth version, let's delve deeper into the origins, mechanics, key players, timeline ... Show more

. 12min 58sec

100: The Dot-Com Bubble - When the Internet Became a Mania (1995–2000)

In this episode we turn to one of the most iconic, technologically defining, and psychologically revealing bubbles in modern history: the Dot-Com Bubble of 1995 to 2000.This is the story of how the commercialization of the Internet ignited the greatest speculative frenzy the worl ... Show more

. 16min 9sec

099: The Japanese Asset Price Bubble - From Miracle to Lost Decades

In this episode we turn to one of the most extraordinary and longest-lasting asset bubbles in modern history: the Japanese Asset Price Bubble of the late 1980s and early 1990s.This is the story of how Japan—once the miracle economy of the postwar world, the nation that seemed poi ... Show more

. 14min 27sec

098: Black Monday 1987 - The Day the Market Fell Faster Than Ever

In this episode, we move closer to our own time—to October 19, 1987, the day known forever as Black Monday.This is the story of the largest single-day percentage drop in stock-market history: the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 508 points, or 22.6 percent, in a single trading s ... Show more

. 12min 36sec

097: The Wall Street Crash of 1929 & the Great Depression - The Crash That Changed the World

In this episode we arrive at one of the most infamous and consequential financial catastrophes in modern history: the Wall Street Crash of 1929 and the Great Depression that followed in its wake.This is the story of how the Roaring Twenties - an era filled with jazz music driftin ... Show more

. 17min 56sec