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The Pets.Com Implosion (2001) w/ Julia Furlan

Published: Jan. 17, 2021, 12:30 p.m.

It\u2019s January 17th. On this day in 2001, the company pets.com was in the process of liquidating its assets, after just 18 months in existence.

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Jody and Niki are joined by Julia Furlan to discuss the 2000 dot-com bubble, why companies like pets.com got so big and went so broke; and what lessons there are about the difference between the stock market and the real economy.

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Julia is the host of the Vox podcast series \u201cGo for Broke.\u201d The first season is all about the 2000 bubble.

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Find a transcript of this episode at:\xa0https://tinyurl.com/esoterichistory

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