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Greg Johnson: Dutch tulip bubble teaches lessons for modern times
AALSMEER, Netherlands — Behind a bank of computer monitors, traders sit quietly, headsets in place, fingertips poised, eyes scanning their screens for opportunity. The giant "clock" on the wall displays prices and pertinent information. For this extravagant commodity, one trader bites at 2.51 euros. Almost immediately, another pays 2.27 euros for another batch of the same variety.
Posted on 13 May 2012 | 8:00 am
AALSMEER, Netherlands — Behind a bank of computer monitors, traders sit quietly, headsets in place, fingertips poised, eyes scanning their screens for opportunity. The giant "clock" on the wall displays prices and pertinent information. For this extravagant commodity, one trader bites at 2.51 euros. Almost immediately, another pays 2.27 euros for another batch of the same variety.
Posted on 13 May 2012 | 8:00 am