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Blowing Bubbles

Why do stock markets produce bubbles and busts? Professor Ferguson goes back to the origins of the joint stock company in Amsterdam and Paris. He draws telling parallels between the current stock market crash and the 18th-century Mississippi Bubble of Scottish financier John Law and the 2001 Enron bankruptcy. He shows why humans have a herd instinct when it comes to investment, and why no one can accurately predict when the bulls might stampede.

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  • Originally Aired December 1, 2008
  • Runtime 60 minutes
  • Content Rating United States of America TV-G
  • Network Channel 4
  • Created December 12, 2013 by
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  • Modified July 22, 2023 by
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Name Type Role
Niall Ferguson Writer