How Britain avoided the worst of the Great Depression
How Britain avoided the worst of the Great Depression
For Britain, the Great Depression really wasn’t especially great, or particularly depressing. John Stepek explains why.
15 Dec 2017
How America's roaring ’20s paved the way for the Great Depression
How America's roaring ’20s paved the way for the Great Depression
In the latest in his series on history’s greatest market crashes, John Stepek looks at the Roaring ’20s, and how the US went from a booming stockmarke…
10 Nov 2017
How the tulip mania of 1636 became the mother of all bubbles
How the tulip mania of 1636 became the mother of all bubbles
John Stepek looks at what really happened in the Dutch tulip mania of the 17th century, and asks what it can tell us about the financial system today.
3 Nov 2017
A classic stockmarket horror story for October: the Panic of 1907
A classic stockmarket horror story for October: the Panic of 1907
In the latest of his articles on history’s great financial disasters, John Stepek looks at what the Panic of 1907 can tell us about today’s markets.
6 Oct 2017
What we can learn from the bond market crash of the late 1960s
What we can learn from the bond market crash of the late 1960s
John Stepek casts an eye back to the slow, painful bond market crash of 1967-71 to see what investors can learn about the current bond bubble.
29 Sep 2017
The depression you've probably never heard of
The depression you've probably never heard of
The 1920/21 depression was a whopper, with US stocks falling by almost 50%. But now, it’s all but forgotten. John Stepek asks what we can learn from i…
1 Sep 2017
What the South Sea Bubble can tell us about blockchain
What the South Sea Bubble can tell us about blockchain
The South Sea Bubble of 1720 arose out of an innovation in finance. Is blockchain heading down the same path, asks John Stepek.
25 Aug 2017
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How the credit crunch of 1966 set the tone for central banks
How the credit crunch of 1966 set the tone for central banks
John Stepek looks back at the 1966 credit crunch – the first important financial crisis of the post-war period, which set an unhealthy pattern for the…
18 Aug 2017