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“The four most expensive words in the English Language are, this time it’s different.”

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1. Read and Margin Note Excerpt from “Why Wall Street Always Blows It”

1. Tulipmania – 1630’s
2. The South Sea Bubble – 1711
3. The Roaring Twenties Stock Bubble
4. Japan’s Bubble Economy – 1985
5. The Dot-Com Bubble – 1990’s

1. When the Bubble began and ended?
2. What was the cause of the Bubble and what broke the Bubble?
3. What was life like during the Bubble? Be very specific and find specifics examples. Provide some economic indicators to show how great the economy was.
4. What happened after the Bubble? Be very specific and find specifics examples. Provide some economic indicators to show how great the economy was.
5. What role did credit play in the beginning of the Bubble?
6. What role did the government play before and after the crisis?
7. In your opinion, why was it said that this event/bubble was different?
8. What was done after the bubble burst? What did they do to ensure this would not happen again?

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