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by array_key_first 27 days ago
Didn't that actually happen with railroads? Like, there was a railroad bubble and lots of people lost a lot of money?

It happened with the Internet, too, and the Internet is pretty useful I think.

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Most of the panics of the 19th century would have been stopped by a strong central bank, deposit insurance and fiat currency.