The History Podcast #11
Download Podcast - Mark Barton
Easily the darkest history podcast we've recorded. This may be something that most listeners will want to skip passed. We understand. For the others...
Over the course of several days in July of 1999, Mark Barton lost everything. He was a day trader that got swallowed up by the Dot Com Crash. Unfortunately, Mark Barton's story is not just another tale of a capricious investor; it's much worse. Eleven people lost their lives including his family, and thirteen others were wounded. This is a story about how economics is not just dollars, jobs, and numbers.
The already forgotten, horrific event that took place in Atlanta will not help us predict bubbles and investing. Although exaggerated, this event symbolizes some of the faults in our economy and in the American Dream. The dream of wealth does not come to fruition for most Americans, but for some the disappointment is unbearable.
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