Tulip Mania: The World's First Financial Bubble (with Bowen Yang)

About this episode

Bowen Yang joins Ed Helms to explore the economic phenomenon of Tulip-Mania in 17th century Netherlands.

Bowen Yang is an unwitting student of Dutch Economics. This week, Bowen joins Ed on a journey to 17th century Netherlands, where they help burst one of history's first ever economic bubbles, known today as Tulip-Mania. You thought NFT's were crazy, but did you know one Tulip bulb in 1637 could purchase an entire HOUSE? Find out what wilted this mad tulip fever, and don't forget to subscribe to the SNAFU YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/@SNAFUPod Buy the SNAFU book: www.snafu-book.com See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

People in this episode

Host: Ed Helms

Guest: Bowen Yang

Topics covered

• Dutch Economics
• Tulip-Mania
• economic bubbles
• 17th century
• history
• comedy

Keywords

• Tulip-Mania
• Dutch Economics
• economic bubble
• 17th century
• Bowen Yang
• Ed Helms
• NFTs
• history
• comedy

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Netherlands

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