In part 2 of the history of speculative bubbles, we pick up where the steam faded and the skyscrapers rose. From the roaring speculation of the 1920s and the catastrophic crash that triggered the Great Depression, to the dot-com frenzy of the late 1990s, and finally to the wild, decentralized world of crypto. Centuries apart, yet the patterns are eerily familiar.
Also watch: A history of financial bubbles: Part 1 and The AI bubble