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The episode traces the origins of the stock market to the 17th-century Dutch East India Company and uses that history to examine the 2026 IPO of SpaceX, arguing that modern financial markets have evolved from tools of capital allocation into speculative prisms shaped by attention, myth, a
The episode traces the origins of the stock market to the 17th-century Dutch East India Company and uses that history to examine the 2026 IPO of SpaceX, arguing that modern financial markets have evolved from tools of capital allocation into speculative prisms shaped by attention, myth, a
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Guest
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Lodewijk Petram
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Books, people, and resources mentioned in this episode.
People
Lodewijk PetramMihir DesaiEric BergerElon Musk
Books
The World's First Stock Exchangeby Lodewijk PetramNathaniel's Nutmegby Giles Milton
Companies
SpaceXDutch East India Company
Topics
Artificial IntelligenceBusiness NewsLong Form JournalismStartupsTech IndustryVenture Capital
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