The GameStop episode became one of the most widely discussed market events of the early 2020s. It was not only a story about one company’s share price. It was also a useful educational case about how #financial_markets can behave when #speculation, #short_selling, #social_media, #retail_investors, and #market_structure interact at high speed. From an economic perspective, the GameStop bubble showed that asset prices can move far away from company fundamentals when collective

The #Tulip_Bubble remains one of the most famous examples used in economic history to explain how markets can move away from #real_value. Although the event took place in the Dutch Republic in the seventeenth century, its lessons continue to be relevant for modern economies, financial markets, business education, and public understanding of #investor_behavior. The story is not important only because tulip prices rose and later collapsed. It is important because it shows how h