Richard Warren Sears: The Rejected Watches That Built a Mail Order Empire
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Richard Warren Sears was 16 in 1879 when his father lost the family fortune on a speculative sto...
7 Okt 19min
Railway Mania: The 1840s Bubble That Ruined Savers and Built Britain
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the 1840s, a speculative frenzy wiped out the savings of Britain's middle class and, almost b...
7 Okt 20min
RadioShack: How a Tinkerer's Paradise Ended in a Crypto Meltdown
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1921, brothers Theodore and Milton Deutschman opened a Boston shop for amateur radio operator...
7 Okt 21min
Pump and Dump: From 1990s Boiler Rooms to Crypto Discord Servers
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 2018, a cornered fraudster named Morrie Tobin, facing prison over a $165 million offshore sto...
7 Okt 20min
Gary Dahl and the Pet Rock: How a Bar Joke Made a Millionaire
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In 1975, advertising executive Gary Dahl sat in a bar listening to friends complain about their ...
7 Okt 15min
Barter: From Silent Trade to Pepsi's Soviet Navy and the Blockchain
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!In the spring of 1989, PepsiCo took ownership of 17 Soviet submarines, a cruiser, a frigate, and...
7 Okt 23min
Compound Interest: The Forbidden Math That Now Runs Global Finance
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Compound interest is the bedrock of modern wealth building, yet Roman law and common law once co...
7 Okt 20min
Opportunity Cost: The Hidden Price Tag on Every Choice You Make
Got something to say to this podcast? Send a voicemail, and you might hear yourself on the next episode!Every choice comes with a ghost: the best alternative you gave up to make it. That is opportunit...
7 Okt 21min
