History's Wildest Bubbles: From Tulips to Bitcoin

A single tulip bulb for the price of a mansion. Isaac Newton losing a fortune. A digital picture sold for $69 million. Different centuries, same story. In this video, we follow 400 years of financial bubbles: Tulip Mania in 1637, John Law's Mississippi Bubble, the South Sea Bubble that burned Isaac Newton, the Crash of 1929, the dot-com bubble, the 2008 housing crisis, and the meme stock, NFT and crypto manias of 2021. Then we break down the 5 stages almost every bubble goes through, and the warning signs to watch for. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 00:45 What is a bubble? 02:02 Tulip mania, 1637 05:00 John Law and the Mississippi Bubble, 1720 07:25 The South Sea Bubble and Isaac Newton, 1720 09:22 The Crash of 1929 11:34 The Dot-com Bubble, 2000 12:58 The Housing Bubble, 2008 14:37 Memes, NFTs and Bitcoin 15:40 How to spot a bubble 16:50 Outro 🏷️ Every price has a story. Subscribe to Pricetoon and never look at a price tag the same way again. Sources: Tulip mania: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tulip_m... Mississippi Bubble: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mississ... South Sea Company: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_S... Wall Street Crash of 1929: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wall_St... Dot-com bubble: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com... US housing bubble: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_... Economic bubble (Kindleberger's stages): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economi... NFT study (2023): https://www.theregister.com/2023/09/2... Some prices on screen are illustrative. For educational and entertainment purposes only. Not financial advice. #Economics #FinancialHistory #Bubbles #TulipMania #Pricetoon