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Apr 2025
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Buried by the Wall Street Crash (Classic...

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Cautionary Tales returns with a new episode on May 2nd.

Both of the world’s greatest economists, Irving Fisher and John Maynard Keynes, thought they could see into the future and make a killing on the stock market - and then both were wiped out by the Wall Street Crash. One died a pauper, the other millionaire. What does it take to bounce back from ruin? Oh... and UFOs.

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