20 Episodes

  1. The dot.com bubble

    Published: 3/29/2010

  2. Transcript -- The dot.com bubble

    Published: 3/29/2010

  3. What are economic bubbles?

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  4. Transcript -- What are economic bubbles?

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  5. Types of economic bubbles

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  6. Transcript -- Types of economic bubbles

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  7. The dot.com boom

    Published: 3/29/2010

  8. Transcript -- The dot.com boom

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  9. Does the media fuel bubbles?

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  10. Transcript -- Does the media fuel bubbles?

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  11. How was the dot.com market valued?

    Published: 3/29/2010

  12. Transcript -- How was the dot.com market valued?

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  13. The dot.com crash

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  14. Transcript -- The dot.com crash

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  15. Dot.com and the public damage

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  16. Transcript -- Dot.com and the public damage

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  17. The bubbles of today

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  18. Transcript -- The bubbles of today

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  19. Bubbles in context

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  20. Transcript -- Bubbles in context

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Sir Isaac Newton observed that he could track the movement of the stars but not the madness of men. This fast paced album looks at the history and causes of economic bubbles and focuses on the highs and lows of the dot.com boom of the early 2000s. How do we spot a bubble emerging? Why do we buy into it? And what are the consequences when a bubble bursts? This material forms part of The Open University course DB234 Personal investment in an uncertain world