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Bubble in the Sun: The Florida Boom of the 1920s and How It Brought on the Great Depression

By Christopher Knowlton

Explore the intoxicating allure of speculative booms through Florida's 1920s land frenzy. This episode dissects the human psychology that fuels such bubbles, their inevitable collapse, and the profound, often overlooked, role they play in broader economic downturns, offering chilling parallels to today.

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florida land boom, speculative bubbles, great depression origins

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Christopher Knowlton brings a credible and useful lens to florida land boom, speculative bubbles, great depression origins, with enough subject command to make the book worth hearing.

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Christopher Knowlton

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